James 3:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poysou.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their tunges they haue disceaued, the poyson off Aspes is vnder their lippes.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They sharpen their tonges like a serpent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.
  • Eccl 10:11 : 11 A babler of his tonge is no better, then a serpent that styngeth without hyssynge.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Which whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute wt their venimous wordes like as wt arowes. 4 That they maye preuely hurte ye innocet, & sodely to hit him wt out eny feare.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 O cast thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:
  • Ps 58:4 : 4 They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Beholde, they speake (agaynst me) wt their mouth, swerdes are vnder their lippes, for who reproueth the?
  • Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wyne is the poyson of Dragons, & the furious gall of Adders.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the greate dragon that olde serpent (called the deuell and Sathanas) was cast out. Which disceaued all the worlde. And he was cast in to the earth, and his angelles were cast out with him also.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 3:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth,

    6and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

    7All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thinges of the see, are meked and tamed of the nature of ma.

  • Rom 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their tunges they haue disceaued, the poyson off Aspes is vnder their lippes.

    14Their mouth is full of cursynge and bytternesse.

  • Jas 3:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9Therwith blesse we God the father, and therwith cursse we men which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

    11Doth a fountayne sende forth at one place swete water and bytter also?

  • Prov 15:4
    73%

    4A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

  • Jas 3:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

    3Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes yt they shulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body.

  • Ps 140:3
    72%

    3They sharpen their tonges like a serpent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    71%

    10For who so listeth to lyue, and wolde fayne se good dayes, Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes yt they speake no gyle.

  • Job 20:16
    70%

    16The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him:

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Eccl 10:11
    70%

    11A babler of his tonge is no better, then a serpent that styngeth without hyssynge.

  • Prov 16:27
    69%

    27An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.

  • Ps 58:4
    69%

    4They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares.

  • Matt 12:34
    69%

    34O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh.

  • Ps 52:2
    69%

    2Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie.

  • Ps 64:3
    69%

    3Which whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute wt their venimous wordes like as wt arowes.

  • Jas 1:20
    69%

    20For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.

  • Ps 120:3
    69%

    3What rewarde shalbe geuen or done vnto the, thou false tonge?

  • Prov 23:32
    68%

    32It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge, he that loueth it, shal enioye the frute therof.

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate, he wil not be lerned to do good.

  • Ps 5:9
    68%

    9their throte is an open sepulchre: with their tonges they disceaue.

  • Prov 26:18
    68%

    18Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,

  • Job 20:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge.

    13That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.

  • Prov 10:31
    68%

    31The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

  • Prov 15:2
    68%

    2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

    20An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

  • Job 15:5
    68%

    5but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge.

  • Jas 1:26
    67%

    26Yf eny man amonge you seme deuoute, & refrayne not his toge: but deceaue his awne herte, this mannes deuocion is in vayne.

  • Prov 26:28
    67%

    28A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2that they speake euell of no man, that they be no stryuers, but soft, shewynge all mekenes vnto all men.

    3For we oure selues also were in tymes past, vnwyse, dishobedient, in erroure, seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye, full of hate, hatynge one another.

  • Jude 1:10
    67%

    10But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not: and what thinges they knowe naturally, as beastes which are without reason, in tho thinges they corrupte them selues.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
    67%

    12But these are as ye brute beestes, which naturally are broughte forth to be take and destroyed: speakynge euell of yt they knowe not, and shal perishe in their owne destruccion,

  • Jer 9:8
    67%

    8Their tunges are like sharpe arowes, to speake disceate. With their mouth they speake peaceably to their neghboure, but preuely they laye waite for him.

  • Prov 12:18
    67%

    18A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

  • Jas 3:15
    67%

    15This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe.

  • Jas 1:8
    67%

    8A wauerynge mynded ma ys vnstable in all his waies.

  • Titus 2:8
    66%

    8worde which can not be rebuked: that he which withstodeth maye be ashamed, hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse.