SCRIPTURES ON THE TONGUE
2 Samuel 23:2
2 "The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me;
his word was
on my tongue.
Job 5:21
21 You will be
protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not
fear when destruction comes.
Job 12:11
11 Does not the
ear test words
as the tongue
tastes food?
Job 27:4
4 my lips will
not speak wickedness,
and my tongue
will utter no deceit.
Job
33:2
2 I am about to
open my mouth;
my words are
on the tip of my tongue.
Job 34:3
3 For the ear
tests words
as the tongue
tastes food.
Psalms 5:9
9 Not a word from their mouth can be
trusted;
their heart
is filled with destruction.
Their throat
is an open grave;
with their
tongue they speak deceit.
Psalms 10:7
7 His mouth is
full of curses and lies and threats;
trouble and
evil are under his tongue.
Psalms 12:3
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and every
boastful tongue
Ps 15:1-3
Lord, who may
dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live
on your holy hill?
2 He whose walk is blameless
and who does
what is righteous,
who speaks
the truth from his heart
3 and has no
slander on his tongue,
who does his
neighbor no wrong
and casts no
slur on his fellowman,
Psalms 16:9
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my
tongue rejoices;
my body also
will rest secure,
Ps 34:11-14
11 Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach
you the fear of the Lord.
12 Whoever of
you loves life
and desires
to see many good days,
13 keep your
tongue from evil
and your lips
from speaking lies.
14 Turn from
evil and do good;
seek peace
and pursue it.
Psalms 35:28
28 My tongue
will speak of your righteousness
and of your
praises all day long.
Psalms 37:30
30 The mouth of the righteous man utters
wisdom,
and his
tongue speaks what is just.
Psalms 39:1
I said, "I will watch my ways
and keep my
tongue from sin;
I will put a
muzzle on my mouth
as long as
the wicked are in my presence."
Psalms 39:3
3 My heart grew
hot within me,
and as I
meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke
with my tongue:
Psalms 51:14
14 Save me from
bloodguilt, O God,
the God who
saves me,
and my tongue
will sing of your righteousness.
Psalms 66:17
17 I cried out
to him with my mouth;
his praise
was on my tongue.
Psalms 71:24
24 My tongue
will tell of your righteous acts
all day long,
for those who
wanted to harm me
have been put
to shame and confusion.
Psalms 119:172
172 May my tongue
sing of your word,
for all your
commands are righteous.
Psalms 137:6
6 May my tongue
cling to the roof of my mouth
if I do not
remember you,
if I do not
consider Jerusalem
my highest
joy.
Psalms 139:4
4 Before a word
is on my tongue
you know it
completely, O Lord.
Prov 6:16-19
16 There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that
are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying
tongue,
hands that
shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that
devises wicked schemes,
feet that are
quick to rush into evil,
19 a false
witness who pours out lies
and a man who
stirs up dissension among brothers.
Prov 6:20-26
20 My son, keep your father's commands
and do not
forsake your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them
upon your heart forever;
fasten them
around your neck.
22 When you
walk, they will guide you;
when you
sleep, they will watch over you;
when you
awake, they will speak to you.
23 For these
commands are a lamp,
this teaching
is a light,
and the
corrections of discipline
are the way
to life,
24 keeping you
from the immoral woman,
from the
smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25 Do not lust
in your heart after her beauty
or let her
captivate you with her eyes,
26 for the
prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and the adulteress
preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 10:19
19 When words are many, sin is not
absent,
but he who
holds his tongue is wise.
Proverbs 10:20
20 The tongue of the righteous is choice
silver,
but the heart
of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 10:31
31 The mouth of the righteous brings
forth wisdom,
but a
perverse tongue will be cut out.
Proverbs 11:12
12 A man who lacks judgment derides his
neighbor,
but a man of
understanding holds his tongue.
Proverbs 12:18
18 Reckless words pierce like a sword,
but the
tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:19
19 Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying
tongue lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 15:2
2 The tongue of the wise commends
knowledge,
but the mouth
of the fool gushes folly.
Proverbs 15:4
4 The tongue that brings healing is a
tree of life,
but a
deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 16:1
To man belong
the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue.
Proverbs 17:4
4 A wicked man listens to evil lips;
a liar pays
attention to a malicious tongue.
Proverbs 17:20
20 A man of perverse heart does not
prosper;
he whose
tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Proverbs 17:28
28 Even a fool is thought wise if he
keeps silent,
and
discerning if he holds his tongue.
Proverbs 18:21
21 The tongue has the power of life and
death,
and those who
love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 21:6
6 A fortune made by a lying tongue
is a fleeting
vapor and a deadly snare. a
Proverbs 21:23
23 He who guards his mouth and his
tongue
keeps himself
from calamity.
Proverbs 25:15
15 Through patience a ruler can be
persuaded,
and a gentle
tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs 25:23
23 As a north wind brings rain,
so a sly
tongue brings angry looks.
Proverbs 26:28
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a
flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
23 He who rebukes a man will in the end
gain more favor
than he who
has a flattering tongue.
Proverbs 31:10,26
10 A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth
far more than rubies.
26 She speaks
with wisdom,
and faithful
instruction is on her tongue.
Isaiah 30:27
27 See, the Name of the Lord comes from afar,
with burning
anger and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are
full of wrath,
and his
tongue is a consuming fire.
Isaiah 33:19
19 You will see
those arrogant people no more,
those people
of an obscure speech,
with their
strange, incomprehensible tongue.
Isaiah 45:23
23 By myself I
have sworn,
my mouth has
uttered in all integrity
a word that
will not be revoked:
Before me
every knee will bow;
by me every
tongue will swear.
Isaiah 50:4
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue,
to know the
word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me
morning by morning,
wakens my ear
to listen like one being taught.
Isaiah 54:17
17 no weapon
forged against you will prevail,
and you will
refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the
heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is
their vindication from me,"
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:3
3 "They make ready their tongue
like a bow,
to shoot lies;
it is not by
truth
that they
triumph a in the land.
They go from
one sin to another;
they do not
acknowledge me,"
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:8
8 Their tongue
is a deadly arrow;
it speaks
with deceit.
With his
mouth each speaks cordially to his neighbor,
but in his
heart he sets a trap for him.
Mark 7:33
33 After he took him aside, away from
the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched
the man's tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven and with a
deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!"
(which means, "Be opened!"). 35 At this, the man's ears were opened,
his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.
Luke 1:64
62 Then they made signs to his father,
to find out what he would like to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to
everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John." 64 Immediately
his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak, praising
God. 65 The neighbors were all filled with
awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all
these things. 66 Everyone who heard this wondered
about it, asking, "What then is this child going to be?" For the
Lord's hand was with him.
Acts
2:26
26 Therefore my
heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also
will live in hope,
Romans 14:11
11 It is
written:
"'As surely as I live,'
says the Lord,
'every knee
will bow before me;
every tongue
will confess to God.'" a
1 Corinthians 14:14
13 For this reason anyone who speaks in
a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says. 14 For if I pray
in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall
I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will
sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind
Phil 2:9-11
9 Therefore God
exalted him to the highest place
and gave him
the name that is above every name,
10 that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and
on earth and under the earth,
11 and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory
of God the Father.
James 1:26
26 If anyone considers himself religious
and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his
religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their
distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 3:5
3 When we put bits into the mouths of
horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships
as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they
are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise the
tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a
great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of
evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole
course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
James 3:8
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles
and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8 but no man can
tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:9
9 With the tongue we praise our Lord
and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's
likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and
cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt a water flow
from the same spring? 12 My brothers, can a fig tree bear
olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh
water.
1 Peter 3:10
8 Finally, all of you, live in harmony
with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and
humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult
with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may
inherit a blessing. 10 For,
"Whoever would love life
and see good
days
must keep his
tongue from evil
and his lips
from deceitful speech.
1 John 3:18
16 This is how we know what love is:
Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for
our brothers. 17 If anyone has material possessions
and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be
in him? 18 Dear children, let us not love with
words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 19 This then is how we know that we
belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20 whenever our
hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
