James 3:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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  • Rom 3:13 : 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • Eccl 10:11 : 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words. 4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 58:4 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?
  • Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 3:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

    7For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

  • Rom 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • Jas 3:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.

    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

    11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

  • Prov 15:4
    73%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Jas 3:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

    3Behold, we put bits in horses' mouths so that they may obey us; and we turn their whole body.

  • Ps 140:3
    72%

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    71%

    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Job 20:16
    70%

    16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Eccl 10:11
    70%

    11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

  • Prov 16:27
    69%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Ps 58:4
    69%

    4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;

  • Matt 12:34
    69%

    34O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Ps 52:2
    69%

    2Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 64:3
    69%

    3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

  • Jas 1:20
    69%

    20For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 120:3
    69%

    3What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

  • Prov 23:32
    68%

    32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings 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
    68%

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Ps 5:9
    68%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 26:18
    68%

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Job 20:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

    13Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

  • Prov 10:31
    68%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Prov 15:2
    68%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Job 15:5
    68%

    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

  • Jas 1:26
    67%

    26If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is useless.

  • Prov 26:28
    67%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2To speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.

    3For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  • Jude 1:10
    67%

    10But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
    67%

    12But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption;

  • Jer 9:8
    67%

    8Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Prov 12:18
    67%

    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Jas 3:15
    67%

    15This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

  • Jas 1:8
    67%

    8A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

  • Titus 2:8
    66%

    8Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.