James 3:11 · KJV
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet {water} and bitter? {place: or, hole}”
— James 3:11
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so {can} no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
James 3 — Context
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet {water} and bitter? {place: or, hole}
12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so {can} no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.