James 3:8

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

Cross References (11)

  • Romans 3:13 (30)

    “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

  • Psalms 140:3 (24)

    They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

  • Psalms 55:21 (18)

    His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

  • James 3:6 (14)

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the cou

  • Psalms 57:4 (13)

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar

  • Psalms 64:3–4 (11)

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

  • Psalms 59:7 (10)

    See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

  • Psalms 58:4 (10)

    Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

  • Ecclesiastes 10:11 (7)

    If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

  • Deuteronomy 32:33 (6)

    Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

  • Revelation 12:9 (3)

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. H