Tongues

So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

…who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

…that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

…both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

…to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

…to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.