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
The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.

Full

Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon, the old serpent, the one called the devil, and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world, was cast out: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

General references

Matthew 15:18
But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man.