James 3:7

Easy To Read Version

People can tame every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish. People have already tamed all these things.

Cross References

Mark 5:4

Many times people had used chains to tie the man’s hands and feet. But the man broke the chains on his hands and feet. No person was strong enough to control him.

Acts 10:12

Every kind of animal was in it—animals that walk, animals that crawl on the ground, and birds that fly in the air.

James 3:6

The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. How? The tongue spreads its evil through our whole body. It starts a fire that influences all of life. The tongue gets this fire from hell.

James 3:8

But no person can tame (control) the tongue. It is wild and evil. It is full of poison that can kill.