James 3:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 7 But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

Common English Bible

⁸ No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:8 Cross References

Romans 3:13

1 But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

Psalm 140:3

0 Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

James 3:6

5 For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.

Psalm 55:21

All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.

Psalm 57:4

1 Be thou exalted, O God, above the l heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

Psalm 59:7

4 They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.

Psalm 58:4

1 And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

8 By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

Deuteronomy 32:33

8 Of whose victims they ate the fat, and drank the wine of their drink offerings: let them arise and help you, and protect you in your distress.

Revelation 12:9

And he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

Proverbs 17:20

7 He that setteth bounds to his words. is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.

James 3:7

6 For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work.