TSK · James 1:26

That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.

To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.

The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.

Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre?

But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men.

Take heede therfore, howe ye heare. For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen: And whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe take, euen that same which he supposeth that he hath.

By the which also ye are saued, yf ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached vnto you, except ye haue beleued in vayne.

Of them which seemed to be somewhat (what they were in time passed, it maketh no matter to me, God accepteth no mans person) for they which seemed chiefe, added nothyng to me.

Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne? Yf it be yet in vayne.

Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man.

And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues.

For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.