'Tongue' in the Bible
So he brought his soldiers down to the water, and the LORD told Gideon, "You are to cull out everyone who laps up water with his tongue like a dog from everyone who kneels to drink."
The Spirit of the LORD speaks within me; his word is on my tongue!
You'll be protected from the accusing tongue; you need not fear destruction when it heads your way.
Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals it under his tongue,
"Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?
But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.
The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,
The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.
My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.
Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.
My tongue will declare your righteousness and praise you all day long. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David.
The mouth of the righteous one produces wisdom; his tongue speaks justice.
I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."
My heart is overflowing with good news; I speak what I have composed to the king; my tongue is like the pen of an articulate scribe.
You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.
Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Moreover, my tongue will speak all day about your justice; for those who seek my destruction will be utterly humiliated. Solomonic
May my tongue sing about your promise, for all of your commands are right.
What will be given to you, and what will be done to you, you treacherous tongue?
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy.
Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely!
Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;
Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.
The words of the righteous overflow with wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut out.
The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.
Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.
The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
See, the name of the LORD comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire.
By myself I have sworn from my mouth has gone out integrity, a promise that won't be revoked: "To me every knee will bow, and every tongue will swear.'
"The Lord GOD has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.
Whom are you mocking? And against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of lies,
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
The nursing child's tongue cleaves to its palate from thirst. Young children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Meanwhile, I'll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you'll be mute and unable to reprove them, since they're a rebellious group.
They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."