50 Bible Verses about The Tongue
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The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).
But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full of deadly poison.
The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom but the perverted tongue will be destroyed.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked has little worth.
The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things. Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles!
They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole body.
For the person who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to men, but to God. No man understands him. He speaks secrets by the spirit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Those who love it will eat the fruit.
If anyone speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three. It should be orderly by plan and someone must interpret.
We bless Jehovah, the Father, with it. (Psalm 34:1) Then we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.
With whom are you effeminate (self-indulgent)? With whom do you open wide your mouth and offer your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood and deceit?
They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?
My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds. Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the captain wills.
He who keeps his mouth (watches what he says) keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips (speaks thoughtlessly) will have destruction.
You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure.
Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.
We put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us. We guide their whole bodies.
The same for you unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will speak into the air.
([Psalm of David]) I said: I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue. I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle while the wicked are in my presence.
Yet in the congregation I would rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
That which comes out of the mouth, comes from the heart and makes a man unclean.
Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding (mind) is unfruitful.
Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be.
This will keep you from the evil woman and from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman.
so that you, my people, may bathe your feet in blood and the tongues of your dogs may lick the blood of your enemies.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweetness to life, and health to the bones.
Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth. I will teach you what you are to say.
The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.
They will be destroyed by their own words, and everyone who sees them will tremble with fear.
But if there is no interpreter, let the speaker keep silence in the congregation and speak to himself and to God.
Therefore speaking in tongues is a sign not for believers, but for those who do not believe. Prophesying (proclaiming God's Word) serves the believer and not the unbeliever.
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The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Those who love it will eat the fruit.
We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole body. We put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us. We guide their whole bodies. Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds. Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the captain wills. read more.
The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things. Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles! The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction). Every kind of beast and bird, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full of deadly poison. We bless Jehovah, the Father, with it. (Psalm 34:1) Then we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God. Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be. Does the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine produce figs? Neither can salt water yield sweet.
