22 Bible Verses about Tongue

So, also, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest does a little fire set in a blaze.

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

And he called to him and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

And the fifth angel poured out his cup on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain;

and he would gladly have been fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.

And behold, you shall be dumb and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their proper time. And the people were waiting for Zachariah, and they wondered that he stayed so long in the temple. But when he came out, he was not able to speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them, and remained speechless.

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him: Ephphatha, which means, Be opened. And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he cured them; so that the multitudes were astonished, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue was loosed, and he spoke, and praised God.

If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:

Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue sang praise. Moreover, my flesh shall rest in hope;

With it we bless God, even the Father: and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.

Therefore, determine in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer; for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom, which all your opposers shall not be able to gainsay or withstand.

For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God.

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Behold, we put bits into horses mouths that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which are very great, and are driven by violent winds; yet they are turned about by a very small helm, to whatever point the will of him that directs it may determine. So, also, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest does a little fire set in a blaze.read more.
And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity. So is the tongue placed among our members, defiling the whole body, setting on fire the course of life, and being set on fire by hell. For every kind of beasts and of birds, of creeping things and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by man: but the tongue no man can tame; it is an unruly evil; it is full of deadly poison. With it we bless God, even the Father: and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not so to be.

their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;