'Tongue' in the Bible
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
[in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}.
Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is {of little worth}.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
A lip of truth endures forever, but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.
The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.
He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.
He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
He who makes treasure by a lying tongue [is a] fleeting vapor [and] seeker of death.
He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life from danger.
{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness [is] upon her tongue.