James 3:11

μήτι ἡ πηγὴ … τὸ πικρόν : these words show that the writer is thinking of the real source whence both good and evil words come; cf. Matthew 12:34-35 : Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh …; cf. ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν below; βρύει does not occur elsewhere in the N.T. or the Septuagint; and ὀπή is only found elsewhere in the N.T. in Hebrews 11:38, cf. Exodus 33:22; πικρόν is only used here and in James 3:14 in the N.T.; cf. Sir 4:6, … καταρωμένου γάρ σε ἐν πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ.