Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tongue' occurs 170 times in the standard works.

27 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tongue' in the standard works and contain 15.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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James 3:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 9:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 32:2 (2 in 1 verse)


Ps. 12:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 12:3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?




Ps. 120:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 14:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 96 9 105
Gen. 1 2 3
Ex. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 1 0 1
Ezra 2 0 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 11 0 11
Ps. 30 4 34
Prov. 19 0 19
Song. 1 0 1
Isa. 13 1 14
Jer. 3 2 5
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 33 28 61
BM 24 20 44
DC 16 10 26
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 170 71 241

Ps. 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Ps. 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Ps. 12:3
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Ps. 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Ps. 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Ps. 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Ps. 31:20
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Ps. 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 35:28
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Ps. 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Ps. 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Ps. 39:3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Ps. 45:1
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Ps. 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Ps. 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Ps. 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Ps. 52:4
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Ps. 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Ps. 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Ps. 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Ps. 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Ps. 66:17
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Ps. 68:23
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

Ps. 71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Ps. 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Ps. 78:36
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Ps. 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Ps. 119:172
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Ps. 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Ps. 120:3
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Ps. 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Ps. 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Ps. 139:4
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

Ps. 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.