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)

 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.




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)

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
NT 33 28 61
Mark 2 1 3
Luke 2 0 2
John 1 0 1
Acts 6 5 11
Rom. 1 1 2
1 Cor. 8 14 22
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 0 1 1
James 5 0 5
1 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
Rev. 5 6 11
BM 24 20 44
DC 16 10 26
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 170 71 241

James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.