Tongue and speech imagery uses the tongue as a small but powerful member to describe blessing, deceit, flattery, destruction, healing words, self-control, and the danger of ungoverned speech.
Tongue and speech imagery uses the tongue as a small but powerful member to describe blessing, deceit, flattery, destruction, healing words, self-control, and the danger of ungoverned speech.
A speech-power motif in which the tongue represents verbal agency, destructive or healing power, deception, blessing, self-control, praise, and the moral danger of speech that is not submitted to God.
These examples show how Tongue and Speech Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
the LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things
The proud tongue represents boastful, deceptive speech under judgment.
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer
The tongue is compared to a pen to picture fluent praise and royal proclamation.
deliver my soul... from a deceitful tongue
The deceitful tongue pictures destructive falsehood that endangers the righteous.
a wholesome tongue is a tree of life
The tongue is pictured as life-giving when speech is healing and wholesome.
death and life are in the power of the tongue
Tongue imagery emphasizes the profound moral consequences of speech.
the tongue of the learned
The instructed tongue speaks timely words to the weary.
cloven tongues like as of fire
Tongue imagery accompanies Spirit-enabled speech at Pentecost.
the tongue is a fire
James uses fire imagery to show the destructive power of uncontrolled speech.
the tongue can no man tame
The untamed tongue is presented as restless and deadly without divine governance.
neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth
Tongue language contrasts empty verbal claim with active love in truth.
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