22 Bible Verses about Tongue

so also the tongue is a little member, and it boasts great things. Behold, how great a wood a little fire kindles!

And taking him from the crowd privately, He put His fingers in his ears, and having spat, He touched his tongue;

And he calling said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am tormented in this flame.

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain,

and desiring to be fed by the crumbs falling from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming continued to lick his sores.

And behold thou shalt be dumb and unable to speak, unto the day upon which these things may take place; because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering because he tarries in the temple. And having come out he was unable to speak to them; and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he was beckoning to them and remained dumb.

And taking him from the crowd privately, He put His fingers in his ears, and having spat, He touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be thou opened. And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue loosed, and he continued to speak distinctly.

And many multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others, and laid them down at the feet of Jesus; and He healed them: so that the multitudes were astonished, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking about, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

And all marveled. And his mouth immediately opened and his tongue loosed, and he continued to speak, praising God.

But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man is vain.

For let the one wishing to love life, and to see good days, cease his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:

Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad, and my flesh shall indeed still rest in hope,

With it we bless the Lord, even the Father; and with it we scold the people, who have been made after the image of God:

Place it in your hearts, not to premeditate your defense: for I will give to you mouth and wisdom, which all who are opposed to you will not be able to gainsay nor resist.

For it has been written; As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

that at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

But if we put bridles into the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us; and we manage their whole body; behold also the ships, being so great, and driven by fierce winds, are managed by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the will of the steersman prefers; so also the tongue is a little member, and it boasts great things. Behold, how great a wood a little fire kindles!read more.
The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell. For every nature both of wild beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of oceanic animals, is subdued, and has been subjugated to human nature: but no one of men is able to tame the tongue; an incorrigible evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord, even the Father; and with it we scold the people, who have been made after the image of God: out of the same mouth come forth blessing and scolding. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.