James 3:4

New English Translation

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.

Cross References

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

Matthew 8:24

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Acts 27:11

But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.

James 3:3

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

James 3:5

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.