James 3:8

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!

Cross References

Romans 3:13

'Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.' 'The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,'

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.

James 3:7

For while all sorts of beasts and birds, and of reptiles and creatures in the sea, are tameable, and actually have been tamed by man,

Revelation 12:9

Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.