A Man of Unclean Lips
November 1st, 2006 · Posted in Notes to Self · 5 CommentsI’m not a particularly sweary man, but lately I’ve found myself using disgusting language and it has just been jumping forth from my mouth.
It’s not when anyone else is around, but when I’m angry and alone.
6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- James 3:6-12 (New International Version)
RodeoClown: working on words.

