'Tongues' in the Bible

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.

With forty silver bases under the twenty boards, two bases under every board to take its tongues.

Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.

And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.

So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

Half of their children spoke Ashdodite and could not speak Judean, but [only] the tongues of other nations.

The noblemen’s voices were hushed,and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;destruction is within them;their throat is an open grave;they flatter with their tongues.

Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

I am surrounded by lions;I lie down with those who devour men.Their teeth are spears and arrows;their tongues are sharp swords.

See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

who sharpen their tongues like swordsand aim bitter words like arrows,

They will be made to stumble;their own tongues work against them.All who see them will shake their heads.

so that your foot may wade in bloodand your dogs’ tongues may have their sharefrom the enemies.”

They set their mouths against heaven,and their tongues strut across the earth.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;they speak against me with lying tongues.

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,and our tongues with shouts of joy.Then they said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);The heart of the wicked is worth little.

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.

then the lame will leap like deer, and the tongues of speechless people will sing for joy. Yes, waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will run through the desert;

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;their tongues are parched with thirst.I, Yahweh, will answer them;I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Each one betrays his friend;no one tells the truth.They have taught their tongues to speak lies;they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Their tongues are deadly arrows—they speak deception.With his moutha man speaks peaceably with his friend,but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,and its residents speak lies;the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.

This will be the plague the Lord strikes all the peoples with, who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.