Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. an unruly. James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. Psalm 55:21 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts. Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Psalm 59:7 Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us? Psalm 64:3,4 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing, . . . full. Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the gall of dragons, and the venom of asps, which is incurable. Psalm 58:4 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears: Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips. Ecclesiastes 10:11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips. Revelation 12:9 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him. Context Taming the Tongue…7For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man. 8But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. 9By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men who are made after the likeness of God.… Cross References Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips. Proverbs 17:20 He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil. Ecclesiastes 10:11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips. James 3:7 For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man. Jump to Previous Able Controlled Deadly Death Evil Full Human Mischief Nobody Poison Restless Subdue Tame Tongue Unresting Unruly UnsettledJump to Next Able Controlled Deadly Death Evil Full Human Mischief Nobody Poison Restless Subdue Tame Tongue Unresting Unruly UnsettledLinks James 3:8 NIVJames 3:8 NLT James 3:8 ESV James 3:8 NASB James 3:8 Bible Apps James 3:8 Biblia Paralela James 3:8 Chinese Bible James 3:8 French Bible James 3:8 German Bible Alphabetical: a and but can deadly evil full is It man no of one poison restless tame the tongue NT Letters: James 3:8 But nobody can tame the tongue (Ja Jas. Jam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |