^{3 Ref} Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

^{4 Ref} Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

^{5 Ref} Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

^{6 Ref} And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

⁷ For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: