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Amplified has "The tongue is so constituted in our members." So, in 1955, the Guinness brewing company decided that an official record was needed to pacify its customers. Help me evaluate each thought If you often share the good news about Christ, you demonstrate a heart that is grateful for your own salvation. With his now familiar and kind address my brothers, James begins with a specific instruction that not many should become teachers... View the entire commentary . As James has just noted, this wisdom is motivated by pride, selfish ambition, arrogance, self-centeredness, self-interest, and self-aggrandizement. On one hand he says a religious man must “keep a tight reign on his tongue” (James 1:26) and now he says, “No man can tame the tongue” (James 3:8). My brethren, these things ought not to be so. They can ruin a person’s reputation and destroy the closest relationships. Have Thine own way! 15:11; Eccl. 7:18, 20), “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. C. H. Spurgeon, The word of a man is as powerful as himself. : Pass. 1:15; Deut. (2 Cor 12:20, recall that in 1 Cor 3:3 Paul had characterized them as "still fleshly. Seneca, Speech is … only good when it is better than silence. Proverbs 9:10-12 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 1:29; Rom. Daniel Akin Sermon - Steve Stephens drives home the importance of our words in our marriage. Winkler writes "A word of evil from the old Serpent consigned our race to death, and, like Satan's tongue, are in a degree the tongues of all his children." (Pix - Warning - Don't look if you are frightened by snakes!) Its actual chemical composition remains a mystery. It begs the question of each of us as followers of Christ -- am I conducting my life being primarily guided by godly wisdom which will yield "good fruits" (2 Cor 5:10+) or am I ordering my steps along a path laced with a liberal admixture of ungodly wisdom which will yield virtually no "good fruits"? This was emphasized by James when he said, "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction" (James 1:27). 120:6; Prov. Fountain (4077)(pege) refers to a source that is not stagnant (like a well) but a source that gushes out or flows like a spring (James 3:11, 12) or a fountain "living" and leaping forth out of the ground. Unlike the human mouth (James 3:10), a fountain will not send forth sweet and bitter from the same opening. "A man is tried by his praise" (Proverbs 27:21). Although their need for food was legitimate, their way of expressing the need was not (v.3). For an hour whales, porpoises, sea lions and seals went through their paces at Marineland, near Pacific Palisades. ; Eccl. —Branon. What use is it to attract people by word of mouth, if when they examine the heart they find it empty? William Baker makes an interesting point stating that "Much of worldly wisdom is a blend of true wisdom with earthly wisdom, something the evil one uses to enhance the world's approach to things—something that gives earthly wisdom some measure of credibility." “No man can tame the tongue,” James tells us (James 3:8). It is easy to want to win the argument, but you can destroy the person you are arguing with. When I became a Christian as a young teenager, I remember watching closely the men of our church. And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door (IS NOT SIN THE DRIVING FORCE OF ANGRY WORDS THAT COME FLYING OUT OF OUR MOUTH); and its desire is for you (LIKE A WILD ENEMY READY TO POUNCE), but you must master it. J. I. Packer, Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. Such wise people will surely know how to control their tongue (as noted earlier in this chapter). under the earth,” which will confess Jesus is Lord. YLT  James 3:14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; NAB  James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. Now James contrasts false wisdom (James 3:14-16) with true (godly) wisdom he has just exhorted his readers to demonstrate through his works out of good behavior and gentleness of wisdom. (Mattoon's Treasures – Treasures from James). This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Curtis Vaughan. 11). But - Term of contrast. In Ephesians 4:3, he says that we are to be “diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Seek peace and pursue it with diligence! From above (509)(anothen from ano = above, upward, up + suffix "-then" = from) literally means from above with a secondary meaning of again. The answer will reveal not only your inner character but the spiritual condition of your soul." It is secular, not spiritual. Prautes is a quality of gentle friendliness - strength under control (specifically the Holy Spirit's supernatural control), meekness (as strength that accommodates to another's weakness), restrained patience, patient trust in the midst of difficult circumstances. The envious man spoke up first and asked that one of his eyes be put out. Publilius Syrus, Evil tongues are the devil’s bellows. 5:5; Jas. John Phillips adds that "We were born with a nature that can do nothing right (Ro 7:18+), and we have been born again, heirs to a nature that can do nothing wrong (1 Jn 3:9+). Don’t let them blow up in your face. Our own words may not have caused wars or wrecked cities, but they can break hearts and ruin reputations. By the deeds that you do, by the words that you say; To keep from looking down on others, look up to the cross. Well, when this man didn't balance, he began to explode with blasphemies, and the lady said, "Who in the world is that?" Besides, he brings up his sons to follow his steps; and if he finds in any of them a foolish timorousness, (for so he calls the first appearance of a tender conscience,) he calls them fools and blockheads, and by no means will employ them in much, or speak to their commendations before others. Lord, I need Your help that I might control my thoughts and words today. You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. NLT  James 3:6 And the tongue is a flame of fire. 3 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. Louw-Nida - "to produce something new, with the implication of using materials already in existence.". Gossip is rooted in our need to feel good about ourselves. On this day of Thanksgiving, pray to the God of all wisdom. Of the person who says, 'I know I gossip too much, but I just can't help it,' James still requires, 'Control your tongue.' Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart. He is the very stain, reproach, and shame of religion, to all that know him; it can hardly have a good word in all that end of the town where he dwells, through him. 5:9), never troublemakers.By Dave Branon  (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Too often we think of wisdom as something we simply possess in our minds, but James teaches us that wisdom is practical and is shown in our daily conduct. (Lk 6:36+), Recall that James had earlier alluded to the virtue of mercy in writing that "judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment." “See how great a forest a little fire kindles! Phillips  It is an evil always liable to break out, and the poison it spreads is deadly. That's a good description of worldly wisdom but take time to read Johnstone's explanation below to get a fuller sense of what James intends by using psuchikos to describe earthly wisdom. All the conflicts, crimes, battles, and wars of the world are evidence of the devastation caused by human wisdom. HAVE YOU BELIEVED IN JESUS THE PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM? She had never heard about Jesus Christ, and when the teacher described the beautiful life of Jesus Christ, she thought she was describing the missionary. I assume he got my name from an alumni directory, since I did not know him personally. Besides, good men are ashamed of him; they can neither call him brother, nor friend; the very naming of him among them makes them blush, if they know him. That's why spreading gossip is so difficult to resist. It comes from the devil. "A righteous man hateth lying" (Proverbs 13:5). In other words, the tongue is ALWAYS capable of springing forth out of its "cage" and inflicting vicious wounds! By Haddon W. Robinson (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Richard Hooker, Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. When we ask, His wisdom will begin to rise in us and pour itself out to others. We curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God (Ge 1:26, 27; Ge 9:6) - James spoke of "double minded" in James 1:6 and here speaks of "double mouthed," or "fork tongued!" The proliferation of tongues has continued down the centuries so that now, according to the Wycliffe Bible Translators International Linguistic Center in Dallas, Texas, there are more than five thousand language groups known to exist in the world. A few words spoken in anger can destroy a relationship that took years to build. A Malaysian court has ruled that using derogatory and vulgar language about your superiors at work is acceptable, as long as you do it behind their backs. Ropes defines it as “a fierce desire to promote one’s own opinion to the exclusion of those of others. I liked him well enough till I had read abler works and grown older. New Testament for Everyone – What he is talking about is 'bitter jealousy and contention', a spirit which is always carping and criticizing, which cannot let a nice word go by without adding a nasty one, to take the taste away (as it were). But therein lies the solution. "A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes" (Proverbs 18:6). News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed that the accident was caused by human stubbornness. The church gets run by worldly management techniques, evangelism gets watered down by a half gospel that avoids the harsh reality of human depravity in order to avoid offending someone, and counseling gets corrupted by secular psychology. Such a person knows how to forgive when strict justice dictates that there is a perfect right to condemn. Psuchikos means soulish, with affinity to natural sinful propensities, the person in whom the sarx, the flesh, is more the ruling principle even as psuchikós and psuche is for the animalistic instincts. Phillips translates it, "It is an evil always liable to break out." These things ought not so to be; and, if such considerations were always at hand, surely they would not be. "Wisdom hath builded her house… " (Proverbs 9:1-5). Malcolm Watts, If the Lord Jesus Christ is a stranger to you, the best you can hope for is to become a philosopher, like Socrates of old. From birth to the grave this fire in our mouths burns and destroys. But peace has the power to break out anywhere. YLT  James 3:8 and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. One sure way of becoming a blessing is allowing God to control our tongues. Is this your whole choir?”. "The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts" (Proverbs 26:22). That will mark the beginning of harmony—not havoc. The first man to choose would get his wish, but the other man would get double of the first wish. He propagates his evil in Bible language and many Christians swallow it hook, line and sinker. We must draw on “the wisdom that is from above”—wisdom that is “pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits” (James 3:17). In its only pre-New Testament occurrences (in Aristotle), eritheia  refers to the selfish ambition, the narrow partisan zeal of factional, greedy politicians, so this word may also convey the notion of rivalry, party-spirit, or factiousness. Our motive for seeking wisdom or for using wisdom must always be to glorify God and to build up the person to whom we are speaking.   (Eph 6:16+). (Exploring the Epistle of James: An Expository Commentary). When she mixed chemicals inside a plastic bottle, it exploded and she unintentionally unsettled some fellow students. The impact of Caesar’s decision was irreversible, generating years of civil war before Rome’s great general became absolute ruler. This statement hearkens back to the description in Genesis where we read "Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.... God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Ge 1:26, 28). "As clouds and wind without rain, So is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely" (Proverbs 25:14). (Luke 6:28+), For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, 22 WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; 23 and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously (1 Peter 2:21-23+), Not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. That is to say, it is not a pose and does not deal in deception. Proverbs 26:18-22 Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, 19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, “Was I not joking?” 20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. And above all, do your words glorify God? There are 7 uses in the Septuagint (Lxx) where it most often means something like "similarity. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia. The important thing, of course, is the heart; for it is "out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaketh" (Matt. James 3:9. And sets on fire the course of our life - NET translates it as the tongue is that which "sets fire to the course of human existence." GWN  James 3:17 However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure. NET  James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips” (Ps. (Ibid), Wiersbe - The deceptive thing about poison is that it works secretly and slowly, and then kills. Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Godly wisdom produces a continuing cycle of righteousness, which is planted and harvested in a peaceful, harmonious relationship between God and His faithful people and between those people themselves. Words come from the physical brain which is why a stroke makes a person aphasic (unable to speak). Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Peter 1:3). He tears off the tissue of plausibilities (zeal for God’s glory, ardour on behalf of truth, and the like), in which an envenomed, arrogant, bigoted spirit often enwraps itself, and lays bare the moral deformity and defilement—‘bitter envying and strife.’ We have not here the pleasant ‘water of life’ (the image of the twelfth verse is perhaps still in the apostle’s mind), but ‘bitter waters’ of hatred. Not every passage has a comment, but many passages have more than one comment, some more than 5 comments, and a few passage have more than 10 unique comments. At age 12, he entered Harvard University in a program for gifted students. James uses sophia 4x - Jas. Oswald Chambers, Knowledge is the fountain of wisdom. Max Anders on set on fire by hell - "This describes Satan's influence on the tongue." Do you talk too much and not give opportunity for others to speak? "The mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness" (Proverbs 10:32). Isn't it interesting that the Spirit uses the same verb to describe a demon possessed man and the tongue of men which he has already described as set on fire by hell. YLT  James 3:13 Who is wise and intelligent among you? "Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding" (Proverbs 14:33). All rights reserved), A wise old owl sat on an oak; 9 “She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty.”. In other words, it is focusing on our motives. When you speak, remember God is one of your listeners. "The heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness" (Proverbs 12:23). . (Lectures Exegetical and Practical on the Epistle of James)(Bold added). 27:2, 90:26; 4 Ezra 7:36). 6 “Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. Have Thine own way! (Cornerstone Biblical Commentary – Volume 18: James), MacArthur explains this as "Like physical fire, the destructive effects of evil speech expand, not only contaminating ourselves but also everything we influence throughout the course of our life. And peaceable, God's wisdom will endure. It can castigate and corrupt. Thoughts from Don Anderson on James 3:6 (source). (Ibid), Barton adds that "Flames of hate, prejudice, slander, jealousy, and envy seem to come from the very lake of fire where Satan will be punished (see Revelation 20:10, 14-15), Kent Hughes - The uncontrolled tongue has a direct pipeline to Hell! Phillips   We use the tongue to bless our Father, God, and we use the same tongue to curse our fellow-men, who are all created in God's likeness. James says, “Where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there” (3:16). The tongue cannot be tamed by man, but it can be tamed by God. 3:17). When the wisdom of the world gets into the church, there is a great deal of fleshly promotion and human glorification. —Philippians 1:15. Even some of God's greatest saints have revealed the evil power of the tongue. It follows that only believers can truly tame their tongue. Here are all 11 uses of prautes in the NT - 1 Co. 4:21; 2 Co. 10:1; Gal. But - Term of contrast. Can a grapevine produce figs? More people have been slain by the tongue than the sword. 8 “Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her. Guzik - A woman once came to John Wesley and said she knew what her talent was and she said, “I think my talent from God is to speak my mind.” Wesley replied, “I don’t think God would mind if you buried that talent.” Speaking forth everything that comes to mind is unwise, poisonous speech. ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God:’ ‘Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.’ The truly wise man is he who has conformity of spirit to the ‘only wise God,’ who believes what God teaches, loves what God loves, lives as Jesus lived—He who was the express image of the invisible God. guarding, guiding power of the Holy Spirit, Hell - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hades (Sheol) - to be differentiated from Gehenna. Jon Courson has an application to help us guard our tongues - When you hear gossip, pray silently in the Spirit to keep your tongue busy lest you join in the hellish discussion. Its "venom" is more deadly than a snake's because it can destroy morally, socially, economically, and spiritually. (Ps 52:2-4), Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,  3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. When we do that, we starve the evil that is gnawing insidiously at the root of our soul. . BBE  James 3:16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing. It  is  an unruly evil, full of deadly poison" (James 3:8). It will remain to be contemplated through eternity… If it has been a useless life, it can never be improved. Like all wisdom among men on moral questions, which is only ‘earthly,’ only ‘natural,’ it is ‘devilish’—devil-like. What comes out of our mouths shows us how much we need God’s help. My tongue control today; Many Churches have been infiltrated with the doctrines of Hell. - German proverb, A lengthy tongue and early death. KJV  James 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. Since everyone has an opinion on how something should be done, friction results. Wuest  for where jealousy and contentiousness are, there, in that place, are restlessness and instability and every base deed. A sharp tongue is no evidence of a keen mind. The Lord Jesus warned, "For every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment" (Mt. It pervades philosophy, education, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, and every other dimension and aspect of contemporary human life. And reputations steal; As Isaiah declared, "The work of righteousness will be peace, and the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever" (Isa. "A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin" (Proverbs 26:28). Benjamin Franklin, If I speak what is false, I must answer for it; if truth, it will answer for me. 1:10; Ezek. ESV  James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? 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: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. —Sper. Jealousy - The very nature of jealousy is to turn on those who harbor it; and it will ultimately destroy them. The tendency of fallen man is now away from God, to go his own way. —Psalm 141:3, When Bernard Baruch was an ambitious young businessman, he asked the wealthy J. P. Morgan to partner with him in a Texas sulfur mining venture. Reprinted by permission. Neither can salt water yield sweet. Counselors tell us to listen to each other. "The tongue of the wise promotes health" (Proverbs 12:18). A hole or opening from which a spring of water issues (James 3:11)" (Zodhiates), Ope in the Septuagint (Lxx) - Ex 33:22; Jdg. NAB  James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. working in lives that will PRODUCE DEEDS THAT MANIFEST A LIVING FAITH. —Richards, Warren Wiersbe - MIXED MESSAGES So what is the solution? Usually, though, it doesn’t quite work that way. Steven Cole on wisdom that is pure - It may point to moral purity, but in the context here, it especially has the sense of being free from any jealousy or selfish ambition. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. A believer is just like a fig tree. If the tongue is inconsistent, there is something radically wrong with the heart. "The lips of knowledge are a precious jewel" (Proverbs 20:15). (Ibid), Modesty is the badge of wisdom. ", This person behind the curtain reminds me of a problem we as Christians experience today. Gehenna was a maggot infested, foul, forbidding place where the fire, smoke, and stench never ceased. BBE  James 3:7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; James presents the picture of the possibility of taming wild animals of all sorts in preparation (v8) to accentuate the impossibility of taming the tongue. wisdom… Exalt her, and she will promote thee… " (Proverbs 4:5-9). The father bowed his head and led the children in the blessing. Demonstrate your living faith by living with godly wisdom. CSB  James 3:12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grapevine produce figs? Wuest translates psuchikos as "unspiritual" with this amplification - "having to do with the natural, physical existence as over against the spiritual world of the supernatural." But when the Lord controls our tongue, All rights reserved), Lord, cleanse our hearts so what we speak The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable. The passage goes on to expound on this challenging question, for who among us would go so far as to label themselves as a “genius” like Sidis or “wise” according to James? ", Lenski adds that zelos "is not as narrow as our "jealousy" but as broad as overzealousness in any matter for which one contends; hence "bitter" is appended and is to be understood in the sense in which pikros is used in James 3:11, offensive, unpalatable to all who come in contact with this fanatic zeal. TECHNICAL NOTE - The Textus Receptus has the word akataschetos (from a = without + katecho = hold back or control) which means that which cannot be restrained, uncontrollable, untameable, unruly. We  have  all kinds of devices to help us  communicate. The word suggests the vice of a leader who creates a party for his own pride: it is partly ambition, partly rivalry. (3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. - Robertson calls this a "rhetorical interrogative" (like Lk 11:11+). 6:13; Zech. No one (oudeis) means absolutely no one (absolutely no exceptions) in reliance on his or her own natural power. Luck: "Remember, as indicated earlier, that no man can tame the tongue, but there is One who can. Utley on selfish ambition - It refers to an egotistical, jealous ambition—“my way or no way”—among leaders. Filled with messages for Thee;   Marred by sin yes, but still retaining elements of the imago dei! He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit. The animal has a very menacing presence, stretching 500 lbs. The person with godly wisdom is not "playing the part." 34:12–14). 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