Bible Verses About Tongues

Nevertheless they flattered him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

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.

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.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

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

And there appeared to them, cloven tongues as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches.

For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] I spoke with my tongue.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.