James 3:8

New Century Version

but no one can tame the tongue. It is wild and evil and full of deadly poison.

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s; their words are like snake poison.Selah

Psalm 55:21

His words are slippery like butter, but war is in his heart. His words are smoother than oil, but they cut like knives.

Psalm 57:4

Enemies, like lions, are all around me; I must lie down among them. Their teeth are like spears and arrows, their tongues as sharp as swords.

Psalm 58:4

They are like poisonous snakes, like deaf cobras that stop up their ears

Psalm 59:7

Notice what comes from their mouths. Insults come from their lips, because they say, “Who’s listening?”

Proverbs 17:20

A person with an evil heart will find no success, and the person whose words are evil will get into trouble.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed, what good is the tamer?

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are like open graves; they use their tongues for telling lies.” “Their words are like snake poison.”

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is like snake poison, like the deadly poison of cobras.

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a whole world of evil among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through the whole body. The tongue is set on fire by hell, and it starts a fire that influences all of life.

James 3:7

People can tame every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish, and they have tamed them,

Revelation 12:9

The giant dragon was thrown down out of heaven. (He is that old snake called the devil or Satan, who tricks the whole world.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.