Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!(James 3:5)

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.(James 3:6)

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:(James 3:7)

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

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.(James 3:9)

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.(James 3:10)

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?(James 3:11)

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James 3:8 - Cross Reference

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? (Psalm 59:7)

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:3)

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (Psalm 64:3)

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psalm 57:4)

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: (Romans 3:13)

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. (Ecclesiastes 10:11)

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; (Psalm 58:4)

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. (James 3:6)

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Revelation 12:9)

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. (Psalm 55:21)

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (Deuteronomy 32:33)