22 Bible Verses about Tongue

So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how small a fire kindles how great a forest!

And, taking him aside from the multitude privately, He put His fingers into his ears; and, spitting, He touched his tongue;

And, crying, he 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 in anguish in this flame!'

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they were gnawing their tongues because of the pain;

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs falling from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

And, behold, you shall be silent, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass; because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they were wondering at his tarrying in the temple. And, having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

And, taking him aside from the multitude privately, He put His fingers into his ears; and, spitting, He touched his tongue; and looking up to Heaven, He sighed, and saith to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking properly.

And there came to Him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they cast them at His feet, and He healed them; so that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, maimed whole, and lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

And his mouth was instantly opened, and his tongue loosed, and he was speaking, blessing God.

If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

Therefore, my heart was glad, and my tongue greatly rejoiced; moreover my flesh also shall abide in hope:

Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God.

Settle it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense; for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or gainsay.

For it has been written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God."

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

Now, if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. Behold also the ships, large as they are, and driven along by fierce winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, wheresoever the impulse of the steersman wills. So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how small a fire kindles how great a forest!read more.
And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity! the tongue is placed among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by Hell. For every nature, both of wild beasts and birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed, by mankind; but the tongue no man can tame; a restless evil, full of deadly poison! Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing! My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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