The Power of the Tongue
4 min readJan 8, 2025
The tongue has power according to Proverb 18:21:
- Death is in the power of the tongue– proverb 18:21.
- Life is in the power of the tongue– proverbs 18:21.
- The tongue is a little member of the body — James 3:5.
- The tongue can sin — Psalms 126:2.
- Tongue boasts great things — James 3:5.
- The tongue is fire — James 3:6.
- The tongue is a world of iniquity — James 3:6.
- Tongue defiles the whole body — James 3:6.
- Tongue set on fire the course of nature — James 3:6.
- The tongue has legs — Psalms 73:9.
- Tongue walks through the earth — Psalms 73:9.
- The tongue is untamed by man — James 3:8.
- Tongue attacks — Jeremiah 18:18.
- The tongue is unruly evil — James 3:8.
- The tongue is full of deadly poison — James 3:8.
- Tongue scourges — Job 5:21.
- Tongue mutters perversity — Isaiah 59:3.
- Tongue utters deceit — job: 27:4.
- Tongue flatters — Psalms 5:9.
- Tongue speaks proud things — Psalms 12:3.
- Tongue backbites — Psalms 15:3.
- The tongue is a pen –Psalms 45:1.
- The tongue is the pen of a ready writer — Psalm 45:1.
- Tongue frames deceit — Psalms 50:19.
- Tongue devises destruction — Psalms 52:2.
- The tongue works deceitfully — Psalms 52:2.
- The tongue is a sharp razor — Psalm 52:2.
- The tongue can be swords — Psalms 57:4.
- The tongue is like swords — Psalms 64:3.
- Tongue are arrows — bitter words — Psalms 64:3; Jeremiah 9:8.
- Tongues are arrows shot out — Jeremiah 9:8.
- Tongues that are arrows shout out, speak deceit — Jeremiah 9:8.
- Evil is hidden under the tongue –Job 20:12.
- Trouble and iniquity are under the tongue — Psalms 10:7.
- Tongue is set on fire by hell– James 3:6.
- You can sin with your tongue — Psalms 39:1.
- You can keep your tongue from evil — Psalms 34:13.
- You can give you tongue to frame deceit — Psalms 50:19.
- You can devise destruction with your tongue — Psalms 52:2.
- You can stumble over your tongue –Psalms 64:8.
- You can lie with your tongue — Psalms 78:36.
- You can get treasures by a lying tongue — Proverbs 21:6.
- You can guard your tongue to keep your soul from troubles — Proverbs 21:23.
- You can refrain your tongue from evil — 1 Peter 3:10.
- You can refrain your tongue from evil because you love life– 1 Peter 3:10.
- You can refrain your tongue from evil to see good days — 1 Peter 3:10.
- You can love in tongue — 1 John 3:18.
- You can gnaw your tongue — Revelation 16:10.
- You can bless God with your tongue — James 3:9.
- You can curse men, created in the image of God by the same tongue — James 3:9.
- We have the tongue of crafty. — Job 15:5.
- We have a lying tongue — Psalms 109:2 and Proverbs 6:17.
- A lying tongue hates. — Proverbs 26:28.
- A lying tongue hates those it crushes — Proverbs 26:28.
- A lying tongue can’t be established forever — Proverbs 12:19.
- We have a deceitful tongue –psalms 120:3; Zephaniah 3:13.
- He who has a deceitful heart finds no good — Proverbs 17:20.
- We have false tongues — Psalms 120:13.
- We have a flattering tongue — proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 28:23.
- Flattering tongue denies you favour in the end — Proverbs 28:23.
- We have spiteful tongue — Proverbs 17:4.
- The spiteful tongue is listened to by liars — Proverbs 17:4.
- We have perverse tongue — proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 17:20.
- Perverseness of the tongue breaks the spirit — Proverbs 15:4.
- He who has a perverse heart falls into evil — Proverbs 17:20.
- We have a backbiting tongue — Proverbs 25:15.
- Backbiting brings an angry countenance — Proverbs 25:15.
- We have strife of tongue– Psalms 31:30.
- We have a cursing tongue — Hosea 7:6.
- We have the tongue of a nation– Isaiah 11:15.
- The lord destroys the tongue of a nation — Isaiah 11:15.
- We have a wholesome tongue — Proverbs 15:4.
- A wholesome tongue is a tree of life — Proverbs 15:4
- We have a gentle tongue — Proverbs 25:15.
- A gentle tongue breaks the bone — Proverbs 25:15.
- We have the tongue of the learned — Isaiah 50:4.
- The tongue of the learned is given by God — Isaiah 50:4
- The tongue of the learned gives a timely word– Isaiah 50:4.
- The tongue of the learned speaks a word in season to the weary — Isaiah 50:4.
- Life is in the power of the tongue — Proverbs 18:21.
- The word of God is on the tongue — 2 Samuel 23:2.
- The tongue can speak of god’s praise — Psalms 35:28.
- The tongue of the righteous talks of justice — Psalms 37:30.
- The tongue of the righteous is choice silver — Proverbs 10:21.
- The tongue of the wise uses knowledge — Proverbs 15:2.
- The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly — Proverbs 15:2.
- The tongue of the wise promotes health — Proverbs 12:18.
- Tongue sings of god’s righteousness — Psalms 51:14.
- Tongue speaks god’s word — Psalms 119:172.
- Tongue is a choice silver — Proverbs 10:21.
- Tongue promotes health — Proverbs 13:18.
- Tongue guarded keeps the soul from troubles –Proverbs 21:23.
- The law of kindness is on the tongue — Proverbs 31:26.
- Honey and milk are under the tongue — Song of Songs 4:11.
- The tongue can be glad — Acts 2:26.
- Tongue can be controlled — James 1:26.
- Tongue not controlled is fooling oneself — James 1:26.
- Tongue not controlled makes your religion useless — James 1:26
- Lord god has a tongue — Isaiah 30:27.
- God's tongue is like a devouring fire –Isaiah 30:27.
- Getting treasures by a lying tongue is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death. — Proverb 21:6.
- The tongue is a pen — Psalms 45:1.
- The tongue is a pen of a ready writer — Psalm 45:1.
By Pastor Gilbert Magomere Ayieko