James 3:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

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 lie 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 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, *For,* they say, *who hears us?*

Proverbs 17:20

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.

Romans 3:13

*Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.* *The poison of vipers is under their lips;*

Deuteronomy 32:33

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehinnom.

James 3:7

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Hasatan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.