James 3:8
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8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (A)full of deadly poison.
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Romans 3:13
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13 (A)“Their throat is (B)an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
(C)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
Psalm 140:3
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3 They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah
James 3:6
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (B)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b]
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Psalm 57:4
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4 My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 55:21
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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were (C)drawn swords.
Psalm 64:3-4
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3 who (A)whet their tongues like swords,
who (B)aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from (C)ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and (D)without fear.
Psalm 59:7
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7 There they are, (A)bellowing with their mouths
with (B)swords in their lips—
for (C)“Who,” they think,[a] “will hear us?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
Psalm 58:4
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4 (A)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
Ecclesiastes 10:11
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11 If the serpent bites before it is (A)charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.
Deuteronomy 32:33
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33 their wine is the poison of (A)serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.
Revelation 12:9
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9 And (A)the great dragon was thrown down, (B)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, (C)the deceiver of the whole world—(D)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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