James 3:8

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And the tongue none of men can tame; an ungovernable evil, full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence,

Psalm 55:21

They were divided from the wrath of his mouth, and his heart drew near: his words were soft above oil, and they drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions: I shall lie down with the flaming, the sons of man, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 58:4

Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they will gush out with their mouth: swords in their lips: for who heard?

Proverbs 17:20

The perverse of heart shall not find good: and he turning about with his tongue shall fall into evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If a serpent will bite without magic; and no preëminence to the possessor of the tongue.

Romans 3:13

Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine the wrath of dragons, And the fierce head of asps.

James 3:6

(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.

James 3:7

For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, he deceiving the whole habitable globe: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.