TONGUE

(See also Gossip; Language[s]; Praise; Slander; Speech; Tongues, Speaking in)

“a fire” (Jas 3:6): it-1 906; w15 12/15 18-19; w12 8/15 20-21; w97 11/15 16-17; w93 10/1 32

‘sets wheel of natural life aflame’ (Jas 3:6): it-2 475; w97 11/15 17

animals:

cat: ijwwd article 15

chameleon: g05 3/22 29; g01 7/22 29

‘any tongue against you, you will condemn’ (Isa 54:17): w07 12/15 22

birds:

hummingbird: ijwwd article 31; g 10/10 23

‘calmness of, a tree of life’ (Pr 15:4): it-2 250; w06 7/1 14

cleaning one’s tongue: g00 1/22 29; g95 7/8 23-24

discussion: it-2 1113-1114

licking wounds: g98 2/8 30-31

power: cl 102-104; it-2 1113-1114; lvs 160; lv 134-135; w07 6/1 32; w03 3/15 27-28; g03 3/22 19; w00 3/1 17-18; w94 10/1 32

proper use of the tongue: lff lesson 51; lvs 160-161; w15 12/15 18-22; g 11/10 19; w03 3/15 26-29; w96 7/15 17-18; w93 10/1 32; w87 1/15 28-29

bridling one’s tongue: lv 135-136; w06 9/15 21; g04 5/22 31

elders: w19.09 17

guarding one’s tongue: lv 134-136; w07 3/1 27; w03 9/15 22

in marriage: w25.01 9; lvs 150-151; lv 125-126; w10 9/15 20; g 10/09 6; w06 9/15 20-24

loving-kindness on one’s tongue: w10 8/15 21-25

peaceable words: w91 3/1 24

sense of taste: g98 8/22 23-24

“tongue of the wise” (Pr 12:18): cl 102-103; lff lesson 51; w00 3/1 17

“tricky tongue” (Ps 120:3, 4): w06 9/1 16

wrong use of the tongue: w07 9/15 28; w97 11/15 16-18; w96 7/15 17-18