James 3:8

for it is an vnpesible yuel, and ful of deedli venym.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And al the kynde of beestis, and of foulis, and of serpentis, and of othere is chastisid, and tho ben maad tame of mannus kinde; but no man mai chastise the tunge,

9In it we blessen God, the fadir, and in it we cursen men, that ben maad to the licnesse of God.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:4For lo! thei han take my soule; stronge men fellen in on me.

Psalms 64:3Here thou my preier; ech man schal come to thee.

Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bitith, it bitith in silence; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse than it.

James 3:6And oure tunge is fier, the vniuersite of wickidnesse. The tunge is ordeyned in oure membris, which defoulith al the bodi; and it is enflawmed of helle, and enflawmeth the wheel of oure birthe.

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