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 \v 7 Indeed, although people are able to tame all kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles and creatures that live in the water, and people have tamed them,
-\v 8 no one is able to control what he says. And when people use evil speech, it shows that they do evil things without controlling themselves. As the poison of a snake kills people, we can harm others by what we say.
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-\v 9 We use our tongue to praise God, who is our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongue to ask God to do evil to people. That is very wrong, because God made people like himself.
-\v 10 We praise God, but with our same mouth we also ask for evil things to happen to others. My brothers and sisters, this should not be!
+\v 8 no one is able to control what he says. The words we speak are an uncontrolled evil. Our words can do great harm, just like poison that kills.
 
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 \v 11 Surely bitter water and good water do not come out of the same spring!