Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

An unruly

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Psalm 55:21
His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”
Psalm 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Full

Deuteronomy 32:33
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of cobras.
Psalm 58:4
They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
The poison of asps is under their lips”;
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

General references

Matthew 15:18
But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.