Concordance

“Tongue” in the Bible

138 verses contain “tongue” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible.

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Exodus 4:10 “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
Judges 7:5 So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
Job 5:21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
Job 6:30 Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Job 12:11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Job 20:12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 29:10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Job 33:2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
Job 41:1 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Psalms 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Psalms 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Psalms 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Psalms 12:4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Psalms 15:3 who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
Psalms 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
Psalms 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Psalms 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
Psalms 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Psalms 35:28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Psalms 37:30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 39:1 I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
Psalms 39:3 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Psalms 45:1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
Psalms 50:19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
Psalms 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Psalms 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalms 52:4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
Psalms 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 64:3 who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Psalms 64:8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Psalms 66:17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
Psalms 68:23 that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
Psalms 71:24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms 73:9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Psalms 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Psalms 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 114:1 When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Psalms 119:172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Psalms 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Psalms 120:3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Psalms 126:2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Psalms 137:6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Psalms 139:4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
Psalms 140:3 They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Proverbs 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
Proverbs 12:18 Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Proverbs 15:4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
Proverbs 17:4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
Proverbs 17:20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
Proverbs 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Proverbs 25:15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs 25:23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for…
Isaiah 28:11 Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
Isaiah 30:27 Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
Isaiah 32:4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 45:23 By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Isaiah 54:17 …formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,”…
Isaiah 57:4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Isaiah 66:18 “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
Jeremiah 9:3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
Jeremiah 23:31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
Lamentations 4:4 The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Ezekiel 3:26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
Hosea 7:16 …eir leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of…
Micah 6:12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Zephaniah 3:13 …will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them…
Zechariah 8:23 …osts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with…
Zechariah 14:12 …their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their…
Mark 7:33 So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
Mark 7:35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
Mark 16:17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
Luke 1:64 Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
Luke 16:24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
Acts 2:3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:11 both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
Acts 2:26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
Acts 10:46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
Acts 19:6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
Romans 3:13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Romans 14:11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
1 Corinthians 12:10 …tinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of…
1 Corinthians 12:28 …with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various…
1 Corinthians 12:30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
1 Corinthians 14:2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 14:4 The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
1 Corinthians 14:5 I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so…
1 Corinthians 14:6 Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
1 Corinthians 14:9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
1 Corinthians 14:13 Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians 14:18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
1 Corinthians 14:19 But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:21 It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 14:22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
1 Corinthians 14:23 …o if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of…
1 Corinthians 14:26 …gether, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…
1 Corinthians 14:27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:39 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
Philippians 2:11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
James 1:26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
James 3:5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…
James 3:8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:9 With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
Revelation 5:9 …Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and…
Revelation 7:9 … large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm…
Revelation 10:11 And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
Revelation 11:9 For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
Revelation 13:7 Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.