James 3:8 (WEB)
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Fathers and councils · 6
Jerome
“8.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For, after a somewhat discursive account of the human tongue, he has gone on to say of it: “It is an unruly evil…therewith bless we God, even the Father and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 8, 9.
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Leo the Great
“There is nothing which can stay the devil’s wickedness, that “restless evil, full of deadly poison.”” — editor's note: S. Jam. iii. 8.
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Tertullian
“Anger has been prohibited, our spirits retained, the petulance of the hand checked, the poison of the tongue extracted.” — editor's note: Ps. cxl. 3; Rom. iii. 13; James iii. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Yet “the tongue can no man tame.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 8.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence again, defining the power of the tongue, he adds, An unruly evil, full of deadly poison (Ibid. iii. 8).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Letters Letter 22.
Cited together in Letters Letter 22.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 22.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 22.
Cited together in Letters Letter 22.
Cited together in Letters Letter 22.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.15.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.15.