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James 3:8

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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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  1. James 3:6

    And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

  2. James 3:7

    For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

  3. James 3:9

    Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

  4. James 3:10

    Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.