James 3:4

Weymouth NT

So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses.

Cross References

Matthew 11:27

»All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.«

Matthew 8:24

But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

Acts 27:11

But Julius let himself be persuaded by the pilot and by the owner rather than by Paul's arguments;

James 3:3

Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.

James 3:5

In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.