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James 3:11
Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
James 3:11 · Bible in Basic English
James 3:11 in other translations
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
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In context
8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
9 With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.
11 Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
12 Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?
13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
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