85 Bible Verses about Tongue

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?

And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,

and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

And the fifth messenger did pour out his vial upon the throne of the beast, and his kingdom did become darkened, and they were gnawing their tongues from the pain,

and Moab saith unto the elders of Midian, 'Now doth the assembly lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the green thing of the field.' And Balak son of Zippor is king of Moab at that time,

Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?

For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'

and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

and one rinseth the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick his blood -- when the armour they had washed -- according to the word of Jehovah that He spake.

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'O, my Lord, I am not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I am slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.' And Jehovah saith unto him, 'Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house are they.

and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.' And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary, and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue, and having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be thou opened;' and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.

and there came to him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them, so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding. Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

And Jehovah is in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous.

Then filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet -- my flesh also shall rest on hope,

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

The Spirit of Jehovah hath spoken by me, And His word is on my tongue.

Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary by a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.

And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.

'Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply, for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

for it hath been written, 'I live! saith the Lord -- to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth -- and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise. The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about; lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel, so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!read more.
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna. For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

A slaughtering arrow is their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

And they bend their tongue, their bow is a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.