49 Bible Verses about The Tongue

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James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

James 3:8

But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

1 Corinthians 14:2

For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

1 Corinthians 14:27

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

Isaiah 57:4

Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

Psalm 12:4

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

Job 33:2

See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

James 3:4

And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.

Job 5:21

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

Job 20:12

Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

Psalm 109:2

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

James 3:3

Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

1 Corinthians 14:9

So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

Job 34:3

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

Matthew 15:18

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

Psalm 55:9

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

1 Corinthians 14:14

For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Proverbs 6:24

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

Psalm 68:23

So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

Psalm 64:8

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

1 Corinthians 14:28

But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.

1 Corinthians 14:22

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

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James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

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James 3:2-12

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control. Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies. And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it. read more.
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death. With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image. Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so. Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water? Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?

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