Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
An unruly
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Bible References
An unruly
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: it is the tongue among the members which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
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Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, the antient serpent, who is called the devil and satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out unto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
General references
Matthew 15:18
But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come out of the heart, and they defile the man.