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James 3:8
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8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (A)full of deadly poison.

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James 3:8
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8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(A)

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Romans 3:13
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13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

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  1. Romans 3:13 grave
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Romans 3:13
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13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[b](B)

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  1. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  2. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
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Psalm 140:3
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3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (A)poison of asps is under their lips. Selah

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Psalm 140:3
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3 They make their tongues as sharp as(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(B) is on their lips.[a]

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  1. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.
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James 3:6
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell.

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  1. James 3:6 unrighteousness
  2. James 3:6 existence
  3. James 3:6 Gr. Gehenna
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James 3:6
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6 The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

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Psalm 57:4
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4 My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
(A)Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

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Psalm 57:4
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4 I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

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Psalm 55:21
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21 (A)The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

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Psalm 55:21
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21 His talk is smooth as butter,(A)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(B)
    yet they are drawn swords.(C)

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Psalm 64:3-4
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3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

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Psalm 64:3-4
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3 They sharpen their tongues like swords(A)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(B)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(C)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(D)

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Psalm 59:7
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7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
(A)Swords are in their lips;
For they say, (B)“Who hears?”

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Psalm 59:7
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7 See what they spew from their mouths(A)—
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)

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Psalm 58:4
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4 (A)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

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Psalm 58:4
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4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(A)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

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Ecclesiastes 10:11
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11 A serpent may bite (A)when it is not charmed;
The [a]babbler is no different.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Lit. master of the tongue
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Ecclesiastes 10:11
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11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.(A)

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Deuteronomy 32:33
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33 Their wine is (A)the poison of serpents,
And the cruel (B)venom of cobras.

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Deuteronomy 32:33
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33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.(A)

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Revelation 12:9
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9 So (A)the great dragon was cast out, (B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (C)who deceives the whole world; (D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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Revelation 12:9
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9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(A) called the devil,(B) or Satan,(C) who leads the whole world astray.(D) He was hurled to the earth,(E) and his angels with him.

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