James 3:8 Cross References


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James 3:8

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 64:3-4

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

Psalm 59:7

There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

Psalm 58:4

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

Deuteronomy 32:33

their wine is the poison of serpents and the cruel venom of asps.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.