James 3:8

New American Bible - revised edition

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,

Psalm 55:21

He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.

Psalm 57:4

May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah

Psalm 58:4

The wicked have been corrupt since birth; liars from the womb, they have gone astray.

Psalm 59:7

Each evening they return, growling like dogs, prowling the city.

Proverbs 17:20

The perverse in heart come to no good, and the double-tongued fall into trouble.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.

Romans 3:13

Their throats are open graves; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps is on their lips;

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the venom of serpents, the cruel poison of vipers.

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire. It exists among our members as a world of malice, defiling the whole body and setting the entire course of our lives on fire, itself set on fire by Gehenna.

James 3:7

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species,

Revelation 12:9

The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.