'Tongue' in the Bible

By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'O, my Lord, I am not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I am slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.'

'And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;

'Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard,

that all the people turn back to the camp, unto Joshua, at Makkedah, in peace; none moved sharply his tongue against the sons of Israel.

And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'

The Spirit of Jehovah hath spoken by me, And His word is on my tongue.

and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house -- and speaking according to the language of his people.

And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who are over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it is the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.

And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Then filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon.

For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.

And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused men to tread it with shoes.

For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

Lo, the name of Jehovah is coming from far, Burning is His anger, and great the flame, His lips have been full of indignation, And His tongue is as a devouring fire.

And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary by a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.

Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation -- strong it is, a nation -- from of old it is, A nation -- thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.

And they bend their tongue, their bow is a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

A slaughtering arrow is their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

Lo, I am against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm -- an affirmation.

Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue art thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;

not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house are they.

therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And are an evil report of the people.

They turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This is their derision in the land of Egypt!

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.