19 Bible Verses about The Tongue

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in such manner is the tongue placed among our members, that it defileth all the body, and setteth on fire the circle of nature; and is set on fire of hell.

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

So also the tongue is a little member, and proudly vaunts. Behold how great a pile of wood, a little fire kindleth!

For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, he is a perfect man, and capable of reining in the whole body.

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man understandeth him; although in spirit he speaketh mysterious truths.

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at most by three, and one after another; and let one interpret.

With it we bless God even the Farther; and with the same we curse men, though after the likeness of God.

My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth;

Behold also the ships, though so great, and driven by tempestuous winds, are turned about by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the inclination of the pilot pleaseth.

Behold, we put bits into the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.

So also ye, unless with the tongue you speak an intelligible discourse, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will speak to the air.

but in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

But the things which go forth out of the mouth, come out of the heart, and they are the things which defile a man:

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my mind produces no fruit.

And there was an appearance to them of divided tongues, as of fire, and it rested on every one of them.

Out of the same mouth goeth forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be thus.

I thank my God, that I speak with different tongues more than you all:

But if there be not an interpreter, let him be silent in the church; but let him speak to himself and to God.

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to those that believe, but to those who do not believe: but the gift of prophecy is not for those who are infidels, but for believers.