James 3:8

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

Psalm 55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, 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 the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 59:7

Indeed, they belch with their mouth; Swords are in their lips; For they say, “Who hears?”

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Ecclesiastes 10:11

A serpent may bite when it is not charmed; The babbler is no different.

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of cobras.

Revelation 12:9

So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.

James 3:7

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.