'Tongues' in the Bible

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.

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

You hide them in the protection of Your presence;You conceal them in a shelterfrom the schemes of men,from quarrelsome tongues.

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

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.

But they deceived Him with their mouths,they lied to Him with their tongues,

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

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 make their tonguesas sharp as a snake’s bite;viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah

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.

They bent their tongues like their bows;lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,for they proceed from one evil to another,and they do not take Me into account.This is the Lord’s declaration.

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.

I am against the prophets”—the Lord’s declaration—“who use their own tongues to make a declaration.

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.