A Little member

James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him

If we could apply this truth to our every day life we would have fewer battles.
James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! ...Read more

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. ...Read more

James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison