James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways, but anyone who never sins in speech is mature, able to control his whole body. Mastery of the tongue marks spiritual maturity.

Cross-references · 23

• Jas 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
• Prov 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• 1 Pet 3:10For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
• Matt 12:37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
• Jas 3:5–6In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
• Ps 34:13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Prov 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
• 1 Jn 1:8–10If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• Eccl 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
• Rom 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
• Jas 1:4Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
• 1 Kgs 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
• 1 Cor 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
• Jas 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
• Isa 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
• Heb 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Chr 6:36When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
• Col 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
• Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
• 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• Gal 3:22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
• Gal 5:17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
• Rom 7:21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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