Contradictions Catalog of James 3:8
James 3:8 contradicts following 34 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of James 3:8 for quick understanding.
James 3:8: But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 42:10 | And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. |
| 2. | Leviticus 5:4 | Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these. |
| 3. | Job 5:21 | Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. [from...: or, when the tongue scourgeth] |
| 4. | Job 6:30 | Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? [my taste: Heb. my palate] |
| 5. | Job 27:4 | My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
| 6. | Psalms 19:14 | Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. [strength: Heb. rock] |
| 7. | Psalms 34:13 | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| 8. | Psalms 37:30 | The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. |
| 9. | Psalms 58:8 | As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun. |
| 10. | Psalms 64:5 | They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? [matter: or, speech] [of...: Heb. to hide his snares] |
| 11. | Psalms 140:3 | They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah. |
| 12. | Psalms 141:3 | Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. |
| 13. | Proverbs 8:6 | Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things. |
| 14. | Proverbs 10:31 | The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. |
| 15. | Proverbs 12:18 | There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health. |
| 16. | Proverbs 15:4 | A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit. [A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue] |
| 17. | Proverbs 15:7 | The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so. |
| 18. | Proverbs 15:23 | A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]! [due...: Heb. his season] |
| 19. | Proverbs 16:21 | The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. |
| 20. | Proverbs 16:24 | Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| 21. | Proverbs 18:21 | Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. |
| 22. | Proverbs 21:23 | Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. |
| 23. | Proverbs 23:16 | Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. |
| 24. | Proverbs 31:26 | She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness. |
| 25. | Ecclesiastes 10:11 | Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. [a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue] |
| 26. | Isaiah 30:28 | And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err. |
| 27. | Matthew 5:2 | And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, |
| 28. | Matthew 15:18 | But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. |
| 29. | Ephesians 4:29 | Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. [to...: or, to edify profitably] |
| 30. | Colossians 4:6 | Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
| 31. | 1 Thessalonians 2:3 | For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: |
| 32. | Titus 2:7 | In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, |
| 33. | 1 Peter 3:10 | For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: |
| 34. | 2 Peter 2:12 | But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; |
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