85 Bible Verses about Tongue

In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

So he brought the people down unto the water, and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue as a dog laps, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that bows down upon his knees to drink.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into the man's ears; and spitting, he touched the man's tongue with the saliva;

And he cried 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 vial upon the throne of the beast; and its kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licks up the herbs of the field. And Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of the Moabites at that time.

Certainly the ear proves words and the mouth tastes foods.

For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes food.

Thy foot shall be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath the LORD said, Hast thou murdered and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him again, saying, Thus hath the LORD said, In the same place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs also lick thy blood, even thine.

And they washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria, and they also washed his armour; ; and the dogs licked up his blood, according unto the word of the LORD which he had spoken.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

If I do not remember thee, my tongue shall cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not prefer to lift up Jerusalem as my chief joy.

The poor and needy seek the waters that are not; their tongue fails for thirst; I the LORD will hear them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Daleth The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask for bread, and there was no one to break it unto them.

Then Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither up until now, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy slave; but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. And the LORD said unto him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the dumb or the deaf or the seeing or the blind? Am not I the LORD?

and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth that thou shalt be dumb and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. And the people waited for Zacharias and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. And when he came out, he could not speak unto them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he communicated with signs and remained speechless.

And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into the man's ears; and spitting, he touched the man's tongue with the saliva; and looking up to heaven, he cried out, and said, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and that which bound his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Then the lame one shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall praise; for waters shall be dug in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

And many people came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many other sick and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them, insomuch that the multitude wondered when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see, and they glorified the God of Israel.

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

In the multitude of words there is no lack of rebellion, but he that refrains his lips is wise.

He that is void of understanding despises his neighbour, but the intelligent man remains silent.

He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he is silent is counted wise, and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.

For he that desires to love life and see the good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile;

The princes would refrain from talking and lay their hand on their mouth; the voice of the principals would not be noticed, and their tongue would cleave to the roof of their mouth.

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

my lips shall not speak iniquity, nor my tongue utter deceit.

I said, I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bit while the wicked is against me.

Set a watch, O LORD, upon my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest secure.

My heart is overflowing with a good word; I speak of the things which I have done concerning the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

In the same manner my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness every day, for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter and our tongue with singing; then they shall say among the Gentiles, The LORD has done great things with them.

therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover even 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 image of God.

(The Spirit of the LORD has spoken by me, and his word has been in my tongue.

Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the wise that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary; he wakes up early, early shall he awaken my ear, that I might hear, as the wise.

But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his rebellion, and to Israel his sin.

Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what ye shall answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

I have sworn by myself; the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow; every tongue shall swear.

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

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is Lord in the glory of God the Father.

Pe The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of rebellion, but he that refrains his lips is wise. The tongue of the just is as choice silver, but the understanding of the wicked is worth little.

There are those that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is medicine.

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

Pe She opened her mouth with wisdom, and the law of mercy is upon her tongue.

The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.

Behold, we put bits (or restraint) in the horses' mouths to persuade them, and we govern their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they are so great are driven of fierce winds, yet they are governed with a very small rudder, wherever the governor desires. In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!read more.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of beings in the sea may be tamed and is tamed by mankind, but no man can tame the tongue, which is an evil that cannot be restrained and is full of deadly poison. With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God. Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

Mem Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

For there is no uprightness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Thou didst give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit.

Thou dost love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.

Their tongue is as a sharp arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth but in heart he lays in wait.

With which their rich men are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies, but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth for they proceed from evil to evil, and they did not recognize me, said the LORD.

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of those that seek death.

A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things: Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious sons, a lying seed of transgression,

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips pronounce lies; your tongue speaks evil.