Haller's Concordance: TONGUE
- By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations. Gen. 10:5
- ¤ And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech. Gen. 11:1
- And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed. Gen. 11:6
- Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech. Gen. 11:7
- And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue the saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt. Gen. 41:45
- Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before; and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue. Ex. 4:10
- The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand, Dt. 28:49
- And all the army returned to Josue, in Maceda, where the camp then was, in good health, and without the loss of any one: and no man durst move his tongue against the children of Israel. Josu. 10:21
- The spirit of the Lord hath spoken by me and his word by my tongue. 2 Ki. 23:2
- Then Eliacim, the son of Helcias, and Sobna, and Joahe, said to Rabsaces: We pray thee, speak to us, thy servants, in Syriac: for we understand that tongue: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall. 4 Ki. 18:26
- Moreover he cried out with a loud voice, in the Jews' tongue, to the people that sat on the walls of Jerusalem, that he might frighten them, and take the city. 2 Par. 32:18
- And in the days of Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in the council wrote to Artaxerxes king of the Persians: and the letter of accusation was written in Syrian, and was read in the Syrian tongue. 1 Esd. 4:7
- Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh. Job 5:21
- And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. Job 6:30
- For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers. Job 15:5
- For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. Job 20:12
- He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him. Job 20:16
- My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying. Job 27:4
- The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat. Job 29:10
- Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws. Job 33:2
- ¤ Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? Job 41:1
- His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow. Ps. 10:7
- May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. Ps. 12:3
- Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us? Ps. 12:4
- He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours. Ps. 15:3
- Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope. Ps. 16:9
- My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death. Ps. 22:15
- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Ps. 34:13
- And my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long. Ps. 35:28
- The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment. Ps. 37:30
- ¤ I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me. Ps. 39:1
- I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me. Ps. 39:4
- ¤ My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king: My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly. Ps. 45:1
- Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits. Ps. 50:19
- Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice. Ps. 51:14
- All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit. Ps. 52:2
- Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. Ps. 52:4
- And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Ps. 57:4
- I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue. Ps. 66:17
- That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same. Ps. 68:23
- Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me. Ps. 71:24
- They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth. Ps. 73:9
- And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him: Ps. 78:36
- He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not. Ps. 81:5
- My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice. Ps. 119:172
- O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. Ps. 120:2
- What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue? Ps. 120:3
- Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. Ps. 126:2
- Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy. Ps. 137:6
- And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. Ps. 139:4
- A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. Ps. 140:11
- Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, Pr. 6:17
- That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. Pr. 6:24
- The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue. Pr. 8:13
- The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth. Pr. 10:20
- The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish. Pr. 10:31
- There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health. Pr. 12:18
- The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue. Pr. 12:19
- The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly. Pr. 15:2
- A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit. Pr. 15:4
- It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. Pr. 16:1
- The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips. Pr. 17:4
- He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil. Pr. 17:20
- Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof. Pr. 18:21
- He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. Pr. 21:6
- He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress. Pr. 21:23
- By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. Pr. 25:15
- The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue. Pr. 25:23
- A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin. Pr. 26:28
- He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him. Pr. 28:23
- She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. Pr. 31:26
- Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense. Cant. 4:11
- For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. Wis. 1:6
- Keep yourselves, therefore, from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul. Wis. 1:11
- For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice. Sir. 4:29
- Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works. Sir. 4:34
- Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue. Sir. 5:11
- Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin. Sir. 5:15
- Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded. Sir. 5:16
- A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth. Sir. 6:5
- Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Sir. 8:4
- A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful. Sir. 9:25
- He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding. Sir. 17:5
- And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. Sir. 19:16
- For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him. Sir. 19:17
- For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn! Sir. 20:18
- The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily. Sir. 20:20
- He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him. Sir. 21:8
- Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not? Sir. 22:33
- Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue. Sir. 25:9
- Blessed is he that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him. Sir. 25:11
- As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. Sir. 25:27
- With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all. Sir. 26:9
- A hasty contention kindleth a fire and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death. Sir. 28:13
- The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation. Sir. 28:16
- The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours. Sir. 28:19
- The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones. Sir. 28:21
- Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue. Sir. 28:22
- Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands. Sir. 28:23
- Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth. Sir. 28:28
- And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death. Sir. 28:30
- If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men. Sir. 36:25
- A wicked word shall change the heart: out of which four manner of things arise, good and evil, life and death: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul. Sir. 37:21
- The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both. Sir. 40:21
- And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper. Sir. 51:3
- From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue: Sir. 51:7
- The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him. Sir. 51:30
- For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty. Isa. 3:8
- Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel. Isa. 5:24
- And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes. Isa. 11:15
- For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people. Isa. 28:11
- Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire. Isa. 30:27
- And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain. Isa. 32:4
- The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom. Isa. 33:19
- Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness. Isa. 35:6
- And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for we understand it: speak not to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people, that are upon the wall. Isa. 36:11
- The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa. 41:17
- I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return: For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear. Isa. 45:23
- The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master. Isa. 50:4
- No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord. Isa. 54:17
- Upon whom have you jested? upon whom have you opened your mouth wide, and put out your tongue? are not you wicked children, a false seed, Isa. 57:4
- For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity. Isa. 59:3
- And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord. Jer. 9:3
- And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity. Jer. 9:5
- Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him. Jer. 9:8
- And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words. Jer. 18:18
- Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them. Lam. 4:4
- For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation, and of a strange tongue: Bar. 4:15
- For their tongue that is polished by the craftsman, and themselves laid over with gold and silver, are false things, and they cannot speak. Bar. 6:7
- For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel: Ezec. 3:5
- Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee. Ezec. 3:6
- And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house. Ezec. 3:26
- Children in whom there was no blemish, well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, acute in knowledge, and instructed in science, and such as might stand in the king's palace, that he might teach them the learning, and the tongue of the Chaldeans. Dan. 1:4
- By me, therefore, this decree is made: That every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner. Dan. 3:29
- They returned, that they might be without yoke: they became like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue. This is their derision in the land of Egypt. Osee 7:16
- By which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth. Mic. 6:12
- The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and shall lie down, and there shall be none to make them afraid. Soph. 3:13
- And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord shall strike all nations that have fought against Jerusalem: the flesh of every one shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. Zach. 14:12
- He commanded to cut out the tongue of him that had spoken first: and the skin of his head being drawn off, to chop off also the extremities of his hands and feet, the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on. 2 Ma. 7:4
- After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands: 2 Ma. 7:10
- He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple. 2 Ma. 15:33
- And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears: and spitting, he touched his tongue. Mk. 7:33
- And immediately his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right. Mk. 7:35
- And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed: and he spoke, blessing God. Lk. 1:64
- And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. Lk. 16:24
- And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. Acts 1:19
- And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue. Acts 2:6
- And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born? Acts 2:8
- For this my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope. Acts 2:26
- And when the multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian tongue, saying: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. Acts 14:11
- And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. And a great silence being made, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying: Acts 21:40
- (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.) Acts 22:2
- And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. Acts 26:14
- For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. 14:11
- For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries. 1 Cor. 14:2
- He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church. 1 Cor. 14:4
- So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said? For you shall be speaking into the air. 1 Cor. 14:9
- And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret. 1 Cor. 14:13
- For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth: but my understanding is without fruit. 1 Cor. 14:14
- But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue. 1 Cor. 14:19
- How is it then, brethren? When you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification. 1 Cor. 14:26
- If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course: and let one interpret. 1 Cor. 14:27
- And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. Phil. 2:11
- And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Jas. 1:26
- Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood. Jas. 3:5
- And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. Jas. 3:6
- But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. Jas. 3:8
- 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. 1 Pet. 3:10
- My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 Jn. 3:18
- And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation: Apoc. 5:9
- And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. Apoc. 13:7
- And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel, to preach unto them that sit upon the earth and over every nation and tribe and tongue and people: Apoc. 14:6
- that he sent forth out of his mouth as it were a blaste of fire, and from his lippes a spirit of flame, & from his tongue he sentforth sparkles & tempests, and al thinges were mingled together with this blast of fire, & spirit of flame, & multitude of tempests. 4 Esd. 13:10