James 3:4

A Conservative Version

Behold also the ships, being so great and driven by fierce winds, are guided about by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the man who steers determines.

Cross References

Matthew 8:24

And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.

Jonah 1:4

But LORD sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.

Matthew 11:27

All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.

Acts 27:11

But the centurion was convinced more by the captain and the shipmaster than to those things spoken by Paul.

James 3:3

Behold we put bits into the mouths of horses for them to obey us, and we guide about their whole body.

James 3:5

So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles.