James 3:8

World English Bible (2000)

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 3:13 : 13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
  • Eccl 10:11 : 11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, 4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. 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 snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
  • Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of 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%

    5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

    6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

    7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

  • Rom 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used 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%

    9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

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

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

  • Prov 15:4
    73%

    4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Jas 3:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

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

    3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

  • Ps 140:3
    72%

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

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

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

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    71%

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

  • Job 20:16
    70%

    16 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Eccl 10:11
    70%

    11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.

  • Prov 16:27
    69%

    27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

  • Ps 58:4
    69%

    4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

  • Matt 12:34
    69%

    34 You offspring 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%

    2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 64:3
    69%

    3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

  • Jas 1:20
    69%

    20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 120:3
    69%

    3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

  • Prov 23:32
    68%

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

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

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

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

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

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

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

  • Ps 5:9
    68%

    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 26:18
    68%

    18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

  • Job 20:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

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

    13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

  • Prov 10:31
    68%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    68%

    2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

    20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Job 15:5
    68%

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

  • Jas 1:26
    67%

    26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

  • Prov 26:28
    67%

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

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

    3 For we 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%

    10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
    67%

    12 But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

  • Jer 9:8
    67%

    8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Prov 12:18
    67%

    18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

  • Jas 3:15
    67%

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

  • Jas 1:8
    67%

    8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

  • Titus 2:8
    66%

    8 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.