James 3:8

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

Their tongues are like poisonous snakes.\par It is like snake poison is under their tongue.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [638]})\i0 \par

Psalm 55:21

My enemies attack their own friends.\par They don’t do the things they agree to do.\par

Psalm 57:4

My life is in danger.\par My enemies are all around me.\par They are like man-eating lions,\par with teeth as sharp as spears\par and arrows,\par and tongues as sharp as a sword.\par

Psalm 58:4

Their anger is as dangerous\par as snake venom. {\cf2\super [341]} \par And, like cobras that can’t hear,\par they refuse to listen to the truth.\par

Psalm 59:7

Listen to their threats and insults.\par They say such cruel things,\par and they don’t care who hears them.\par

Proverbs 17:20

A crooked person will not get a good profit. A liar will get into bad trouble.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

A person might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites someone when he is not around. \{Wisdom is like that.\}

Romans 3:13

“People’s mouths are like open graves;\par they use their tongues for telling lies.”\par \i (Psalm 5:9)\i0 \par

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is like poison from snakes.

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 3:7

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

Revelation 12:9

The snake was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant snake is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The snake with his angels were thrown to the earth.