50 Bible Verses about The Tongue

And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.

but no human being is able to tame the tongue. [It is] a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.

Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is {of little worth}.

So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!

They sharpen their tongue as [sharp as] a snake's; [the] venom of a viper [is] under their lips. Selah

For [there is] not a word [yet] on my tongue, [but] behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.

For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.

For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.

To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, [it must be] on one occasion two or at most three, and {one after the other}, and one must interpret.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

At whom do you make fun? At whom do you {open} [your] mouth [and] {stick out} [your] tongue? [Are] you not children of transgression, offspring of deception,

[those] who say, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips [are] on our side. Who [is] master over us?"

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

Please look, I open my mouth; my tongue in my mouth speaks.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Behold also ships: [although they] are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes.

He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.

From [the] scourge of [the] tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

"Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."

"Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth, [and] he hides it under his tongue,

There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

for {wicked and deceitful mouths} have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue.

And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.

And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."

but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.

for [the] ear tests words, and [the] palate tastes {food}.

Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.

Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.

Then they said, "Come and let us plan plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not be lost from [the] priest, nor advice from [the] wise man, nor [the] word from [the] prophet. Come and {let us bring charges against him}, and let us not listen attentively to any of his words."

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive.

And divided tongues like fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these [things] ought not to be so!

[in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}.

so that your foot may shatter [them] bloody [for] the tongues of your dogs [to have] their share from [the] enemies."

Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life from danger.

So then go, and I myself will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you must speak."

Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand {each other's language}."

In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

I give thanks to God [that] I speak with tongues more than all of you,

The Lord Yahweh has given me [the] tongue of pupil, to know how to help [the] weary [with] a word. He awakens {morning by morning}, awakens an ear for me to listen as [do] the pupils.

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.

So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy [is] not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.