James 3:8

First Nations Version

But no one can tame the tongue. It is an evil that never rests, full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Romans 3:13

The Sacred Teachings also say, “Their throats are like open graves. They speak with forked tongues.” “From their lips come words full of snake venom.”

James 3:6

and the tongue is itself a flame of fire. The tongue is a world full of evil and spreads its poison throughout the body. The words spoken by the tongue have the power to set on fire the very circle of life itself, and its flames come from the Valley of Smoldering Fire.

Revelation 12:9

The great fiery-red sea serpent was thrown down from the spirit-world above. He is the ancient trickster snake, who is also called the evil one and Accuser (Satan). He is the one who takes the whole world down a false path. He was thrown down to the ground, along with all his spirit-messengers.

James 3:7

Every kind of four-legged beast or winged one of the air and every reptile or sea creature can be tamed and have been tamed by human beings.