2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 37:29; James 1:26; Psalms 32:9; Psalms 39:1
Behold, we put bits in the horses” mouths ... - The meaning of this simple illustration is, that as we control a horse by the bit - though the bi...
(4) Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. (4) He shows by two comparisons, the one t...
Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many...
Behold . App-133.; but the texts read ei (App-118. a) de, "But if". bits . Greek. chalinos. Here and Revelation 14:20 . that . to the end t...
3 We put bits in the horses’ mouths. By these two comparisons he proves that a great part of true perfection is in the tongue, and that it ex...
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths - In...
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold. So C. But 'Aleph (') A B, Vulga...
The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12...
Behold. — A more clumsy reading is insisted upon here: but if, instead of “behold.” The supporters of such curious corrections argue that the lea...
Chapter 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1-8...
Bridle the Tongue James 3:1-12 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us...
The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to dea...
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not...
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths ,.... By this, and the following simile, the apostle not only expresses the smallness of that member of th...
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Ver. 3. That they may obey us ] Horses, ass...
Behold , &c. As if the apostle had said, Think not the tongue a weak member because it is small; we put bits in the horses' mouths that they ma...
Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certa...
Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My bre...
He illustrates the former proposition, that he that can rule his tongue may rule his whole body, by two similitudes: the first, of an unruly horse, w...
‘ Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.' The thought of bridling the body...
OUR SINS OF SPEECH CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:1 . Masters. —Teachers. In the sixteenth century “master” meant “schoolmaster.” Do n...
James 3:1 . Be not many masters: διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he...
EXPOSITION James 3:1-59 WARNING AGAINST OVER - READINESS TO TEACH , LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GO...
Caution against False Activity in Teaching and the Use of the Tongue. The danger of teaching and much speaking:
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
We — That is, men.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.