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 is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.
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
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him.
General references
Matthew 15:18
but what proceeds out of the mouth, is deriv'd from the heart, and that defiles the man.