James 3:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶ And ^(A)the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among ^[a]our body’s parts as that which ^(B)defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our ^[b]life, and is set on fire by ^[c](C)hell. ⁷ For every ^[d]species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human ^[e]race. ⁸ But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of ^(D)deadly poison.