James 3:8

Ka ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fakalalata ʻe ha tangata ʻae ʻelelo; ko e kovi taʻefaʻataʻofi ʻaia, ʻoku pito ʻi he kona fakamate.

KO E TOHI TAPU KĀTOA

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7He naʻe fakalalata ʻi muʻa, pea ʻoku kei fakalalata ʻe he kakai, ʻae manu fekai kehekehe kotoa pē, mo e fanga manupuna, mo e ngaahi meʻa totolo, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he tahi:

9Ko ia ʻoku tau fakafetaʻi ʻaki ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamai; pea ko ia ʻoku kape ʻaki ʻae kakai, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻi he tatau ʻoe ʻOtua.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:21Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa hono ngutu naʻe molemole lahi hake ʻi he pota, ka naʻe ʻi hono loto ʻae tau: naʻe molū lahi ʻene ngaahi lea ʻi he lolo, ka ko e moʻoni ko e ngaahi heletā ia kuo unuhi.

Psalms 58:4Ko honau kona ʻoku hangē ko e kona ʻoe ngata: ʻoku nau tatau mo e ngata tuli ʻoku ne tāpuni hono telinga;

Psalms 64:3‌ʻOku nau fakamata honau ʻelelo ʻo hangē ko e heletā, ʻonau teke ʻenau kaufana ke fanaʻi ʻenau ngaahi ngahau, ʻio, ko e ngaahi lea kona.

Ecclesiastes 10:11Ko e moʻoni ʻe uʻu ʻae ngata ʻoka ʻikai fakalalata; pea ʻoku tatau mo ia ʻae tangata faʻa lea.

James 3:6Pea ko e afi ʻae ʻelelo, ko e maama angahala: ʻoku pehē ʻae ʻelelo ʻi heʻene ʻi hotau ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ʻoku ne ʻuliʻi ʻae sino kotoa, ʻoku ne fakavela ʻae anga fakakakano; pea kuo tutu ia mei heli.

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