And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.
But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.
Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.
With forty silver bases under the twenty boards, two bases under every board to take its tongues.
Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.
And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.
So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.
Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.
And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.
The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.
He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.
Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.
Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.
The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
<To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.
Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.
My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.
Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;
He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.
For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness.
O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.
For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.
Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.
Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.
And the Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet.
No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:
See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:
The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.
Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
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