19 Bible Verses about The Tongue

And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell.

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison.

So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire!

For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.

For anyone who speaks ecstatically is speaking not to men but to God, for no one can understand him, though he is uttering secret truths.

If there is any ecstatic speaking, let it be limited to two or three people at the most, and have one speak at a time and someone explain what he says.

With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness.

Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.

Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.

If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies.

So if you in your ecstatic speaking utter words no one can understand, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the empty air!

But in public worship I would rather say five words with my understanding so as to instruct others also than ten thousand words in an ecstasy.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute a man.

For if I pray ecstatically, it is my spirit that prays, but my mind is helping nobody.

And they saw tongues like flames separating and settling one on the head of each of them,

Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers.

Thank God, I speak in ecstasy more than any of you.

But if there is no one to explain it, have him keep quiet in church, and talk to himself and to God.

So this ecstatic speaking is meant as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but inspired preaching is a sign not to unbelievers but to those who believe.