Thematic Bible
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ship » Equipped with » A helm
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.
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Ships » Parts of, mentioned » The rudder or helm
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.
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Ships » Described as » Large
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.
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Ships » Governed and directed by the helm
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.
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Speech/communication » The tongue
For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well. If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies. Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases. read more.
So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell. For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness. Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers. Does a spring pour forth fresh and brackish water from the same crevice? Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grape vine figs? A salt spring cannot give fresh water.
So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell. For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness. Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers. Does a spring pour forth fresh and brackish water from the same crevice? Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grape vine figs? A salt spring cannot give fresh water.
Speech/communication » Bridling your tongue
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well. If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies. read more.
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases. So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire!
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases. So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire!
Wind » Tempestuous » Drives about the largest ships
The next day, as the storm continued to be violent, they began to throw the cargo overboard,
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Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.
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but the boat was by this time a long way from shore, struggling with the waves, for the wind was against them.
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Wind » Violent » Fierce wind
Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.
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