James 3:8

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

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  • Rom 3:13 : 13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Eccl 10:11 : 11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Ps 58:4 : 4 Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.
  • Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 3:5-7
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    5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

    7Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind,

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    74%

    13"Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • Jas 3:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

    11Does a spring pour forth both sweet and bitter water from the same opening?

  • Prov 15:4
    73%

    4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Jas 3:2-3
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    2For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to also control his whole body.

    3Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

  • Ps 140:3
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    3They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10For the one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Job 20:16
    70%

    16He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Eccl 10:11
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    11If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

  • Prov 16:27
    69%

    27A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

  • Ps 58:4
    69%

    4Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.

  • Matt 12:34
    69%

    34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

  • Ps 64:3
    69%

    3Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.

  • Jas 1:20
    69%

    20For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Ps 120:3
    69%

    3What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue?

  • Prov 23:32
    68%

    32In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards their mouth and tongue keeps themselves from troubles.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • Job 20:12-13
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    68%

    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

    13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

  • Prov 10:31
    68%

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

  • Job 15:5
    68%

    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Jas 1:26
    67%

    26If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.

  • Prov 26:28
    67%

    28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

  • Titus 3:2-3
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    67%

    2Speak evil of no one, avoid quarrels, be gentle, and show perfect courtesy to everyone.

    3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

  • Jude 1:10
    67%

    10These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
    67%

    12These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed.

  • Jer 9:8
    67%

    8Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

  • Prov 12:18
    67%

    18There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Jas 3:15
    67%

    15This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

  • Jas 1:8
    67%

    8Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all their ways.

  • Titus 2:8
    66%

    8Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.