"Men have trained, or can train, every kind of animal or bird that lives and every kind of reptile and fish, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is always ready to pour out its deadly poison.  Sometimes it preaches our heavenly Father, and sometimes it breaks out into curses against men who are made like God.  And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth." ~ James 3:7 - 10a LAB * Bible Commentary:  "If no human being can control the tongue, why bother trying? Because even if we do not achieve perfect control of it in this life, we can still learn enough control to reduce the damage it can do. It is better to fight fire than to go around setting new ones! Remember that we are not fighting the tongue's fire in our own strength. The Holy Spirit will give us increasing power to monitor and control what we say. As Christians, we are not perfect, but we should never stop growing." ****