Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
An unruly
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 weresofter than oil,
Yet they were drawnswords.
But his heart was war;
His words were
Yet they were drawn
Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whoseteeth are spears and arrows
And theirtongue a sharp sword.
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose
And their
Psalm 59:7 Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”
For, they say, “
Psalm 64:3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
Theyaimed bitter speech as their arrow,
They
Full
Deuteronomy 32:33 “Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And thedeadly poison of cobras.
And the
Psalm 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
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”;
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
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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.