85 Bible Verses about Tongue

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink."

"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?

And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.

And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.

that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."

And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'"

And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken.

who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them.

But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue." Then the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple. And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute.

And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.

then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;

And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him."

my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.

My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

"The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'

for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!read more.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit,

For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.