James 3:8

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts -- the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 58:4

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Psalm 59:7

There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips -- for "Who," they think,[2] "will hear us?"

Proverbs 17:20

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

Romans 3:13

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

Deuteronomy 32:33

their wine is the poison of serpents and the cruel venom of asps.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[1] and set on fire by hell.[2]

James 3:7

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

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.