19 Bible Verses about The Tongue

And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

no man can tame the tongue, restless evil that it is, full of deadly poison.

So also the tongue is a small member and makes great boasts. Behold, how great a forest is set on fire by a little spark!

For in many respects we often stumble. If any man never stumbles in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

For he who speaks in a "tongue" speaks not to man but to God, for no one understands him, but in the Spirit he utters secret truths.

If any one speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that in turn, and let some one interpret.

With it we continually bless our Lord and Father, and with it we are accustomed to curse men made in the image of God.

My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.

Look at the ships too, though they are so large, even when driven by fierce winds they are turned by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the helmsman wills.

When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we control their whole body also.

In the same way with you, if you utter unintelligible words with your tongue, how can what you say be understood? You will be speaking to the winds!

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others, than ten thousand in an unknown tongue.

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart??nd that is what defiles a man.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is barren.

There appeared to them tongues, like flame, distributing themselves, one resting upon the head of each one,

From out of the same mouth pour forth blessings and cursings! My brothers, this ought not to be so.

Thank God I speak with tongues more than you all,

But if there is no one to interpret, let them keep silence in the church, and speak to themselves and to God.

So then the gift of tongues is for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.