Bible Verses About Tongues

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.