Jonah Flees From the Lord

   1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai  “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

   2  But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

   3 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

                       



  4 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.



  5 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”


  6 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.




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                            Taming the Tongue

           1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

          2  For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 

  

           3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

                      


        4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.


         5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

        6  And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.


        7  For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,


        8  but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.



                                                                                  Praise The Lord