The word in Scripture

Tongue in the Bible

The word tongue appears 129 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The tongue speaks life or death and confesses what fills the heart. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What tongue means in the Bible

The tongue speaks life or death and confesses what fills the heart.

Where the word tongue appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word tongue appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.”Psalms 15:3

“That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.”Psalms 68:23

“The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.”Isaiah 32:4

“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.”Isaiah 59:3

“And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.”Luke 1:64

“Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.”John 5:2

“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”Romans 14:11

“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”Philippians 2:11