22 Bible Verses about Tongue

So the tongue also is a little member, yet boasteth great things. Behold how much matter a little fire kindleth.

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

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

And the fifth poured out his phial upon the throne of the wild beast; and his kingdom was darkened.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: yea, the dogs also came and licked his sores.

And behold, thou shalt be deaf, and not able to speak, till the day that these things are done, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. And coming out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived, that he had seen a vision; for he beckoned to them, and remained speechless.

And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he groaned and saith to him, Ephphatha, that is, be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

And great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, disabled, and many others; and cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them: So that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb to speak, the disabled whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, praising God.

If any one be ever so religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

For he that loveth life and desireth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak no guile:

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue exulteth; yea, and my flesh shall rest in hope.

Therewith bless we God the Father, and therewith curse we man, made after the likeness of God.

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to premeditate what to answer. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or resist.

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

That at the name of Jesus every knee might bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth: And every tongue might confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord in the glory of God the Father.

Behold we put bits into the horses mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, tho' they are so great, and driven by fierce winds, yet are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the pilot listeth. So the tongue also is a little member, yet boasteth great things. Behold how much matter a little fire kindleth.read more.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: it is the tongue among the members which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. For every kind both of wild beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. But the tongue can no man tame: it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God the Father, and therewith curse we man, made after the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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