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James 3:11 KJV
James · chapter 3 · verse 11
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?James 3:11 · King James Version
James 3:11 in context
9Therewith 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?
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fountainpēgēfountain, spring, a well fed by a springG4077 →
- forthbryōto abound, gush forth, teem with juices, to send forth abundantly, to teemG1032 →
- placeopēthrough which one can see, an opening, an aperture, of a window, of fissures in the…G3692 →
- sweetglykyssweetG1099 →
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The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this chapter first goes upon that such a faith is, however, apt to make men conceited and magisterial in their tempers and their talk.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12