Bible Verses About Tongue

From these the islands of the nations were divided into their lands, each according to its language, according to their families, in their nations.

These were the descendants of Ham, according to their families and languages, in their lands and in their nations.

The whole earth used the same language, the same words.

It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.

They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them in the fire.” So they had bricks for building-stone and clay for mortar.

Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”

Adonai came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.

Adonai said, “Look, the people are united, they all have a single language, and see what they’re starting to do! At this rate, nothing they set out to accomplish will be impossible for them!

Come, let’s go down and confuse their language, so that they won’t understand each other’s speech.”

So from there Adonai scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.

For this reason it is called Bavel [confusion] — because there Adonai confused the language of the whole earth, and from there Adonai scattered them all over the earth.

Wise-hearted people take orders, but a babbling fool will have trouble.

When words are many, sin is not lacking; so he who controls his speech is wise.

A knowledgeable person controls his tongue; a discerning person controls his temper.

Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Do you see someone too anxious to speak? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

a time to tear and a time to sew, a time to keep silent and a time to speak,

"For I [know] their deeds and their thoughts. "[The time] is coming when I will gather together all nations and languages. They will come and see my glory,

The festival of Shavu‘ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place.

Suddenly there came a sound from the sky like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire, which separated and came to rest on each one of them.

They were all filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to talk in different languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

Now there were staying in Yerushalayim religious Jews from every nation under heaven.

When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered; they were confused, because each one heard the believers speaking in his own language.

Totally amazed, they asked, “How is this possible? Aren’t all these people who are speaking from the Galil?