James 3:8

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unrestrainable evil, full of deadly poison.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 kind of both beasts and birds, of both reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

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

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Cross References

James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is 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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