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James 3:8
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:8 · World English Bible
James 3:8 in other translations
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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In context
5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
8 but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
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