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 [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).
Psalm 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 57:4
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 59:7
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Psalm 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Full
Deuteronomy 32:33
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
Psalm 58:4
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent bites before being charmed, then there is no profit for the charmer.
Romans 3:13
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
General references
Matthew 15:18 But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man.