For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.

But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.