7. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can be tamed and have been tamed.
8. But our tongues get out of control. They are restless and evil, and always spreading deadly poison.
9-10. My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to be like God, and this isn't right.
11. Can clean water and dirty water both flow from the same spring?
12. Can a fig tree produce olives or a grapevine produce figs? Does fresh water come from a well full of salt water?