James 3:7-12

Constant in taming -- James 3:7-12: Man has had success in taming or subduing all of creation, except the tongue. He has had no success in the effort to tame that one thing. The tongue is a restless evil that can only be managed with God's help. A wicked tongue is venomous and hurtful. Nothing or no one is secure against the evils of a satanic tongue.

The tongue should be used to bless and praise God. The tongue is often used to curse men that have the image of God upon them. The same tongue cannot bless God and curse men. To pray and to curse with the same tongue is shameful hypocrisy. Many times we put what could be used as the best member of our physical body to the worst of use. Sweet water and bitter from the same fountain, olives from a fig tree, or figs from a grape vine would all make as much sense as blessing and cursing from the same tongue.