James 3:8

Modern King James Version

But no one can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Romans 3:13

"Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they have used deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips;

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.

Psalm 55:21

The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like the deaf adder, he stops his ear,

Ecclesiastes 10:11

Surely the snake will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Deuteronomy 32:33

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

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a crooked tongue falls into mischief.

James 3:7

For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.