James 3:8

But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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:

9By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:21God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

Psalms 58:4The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

Psalms 64:3Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

James 3:6And 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.

Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13

Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →

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