James 3:8

No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!

Romans 3:13

'Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.' 'The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,'

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.

Revelation 12:9

Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

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Summary

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

An unruly

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An unruly

James 3:6
And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.

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Romans 3:13
'Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.' 'The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,'
Revelation 12:9
Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

General references

Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out from the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a man;