James 3:8

no man can tame the tongue, restless evil that it is, full of deadly poison.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For while every kind of beast and bird, and of reptiles and sea- creatures are tamable, and actually have been tamed by mankind,

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

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Cross References

James 3:6And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself 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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