James 3:8

A Conservative Version

But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, he who leads the whole world astray. He was cast out to the earth, and his agents were cast out with him.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

James 3:7

For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species.