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James 3:11

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Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

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James 3:11 in other translations

Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

James 3:11 · American Standard Version

James 3:11 in context

  1. 9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
  2. 10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
  3. 11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
  4. 12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
  5. 13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.