Verses with the word tongue in the Apocrypha (45 verses):

1 Esdras 4:12
O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.

2 Esdras 13:10
But only I saw that he sent out of his mouth as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast out sparks and tempests.

2 Esdras 14:43
As for me. I spake in the day, and I held not my tongue by night.

2 Esdras 15:8
I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness, which they profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in those things, in which they wickedly exercise themselves: behold, the innocent and righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the just complain continually.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:6
For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:11
Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.

Wisdom of Solomon 8:12
When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure, and when I speak, they shall give good ear unto me: if I talk much, they shall lay their hands upon their mouth.

Sirach 4:24
For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.

Sirach 4:29
Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.

Sirach 5:9
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.

Sirach 5:13
Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.

Sirach 5:14
Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.

Sirach 6:1
Instead of a friend become not an enemy; for [thereby] thou shalt inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a sinner that hath a double tongue.

Sirach 6:5
Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.

Sirach 8:3
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

Sirach 9:18
A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.

Sirach 13:23
When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.

Sirach 17:6
Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand.

Sirach 19:6
He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife; and he that hateth babbling shall have less evil.

Sirach 19:16
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?

Sirach 20:1
There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

Sirach 20:6
Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time.

Sirach 20:7
A wise man will hold his tongue till he see opportunity: but a babbler and a fool will regard no time.

Sirach 20:18
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Sirach 22:27
Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sirach 25:7
There be nine things which I have judged in mine heart to be happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: A man that hath joy of his children; and he that liveth to see the fall of his enemy:

Sirach 25:8
Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself:

Sirach 26:6
But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.

Sirach 28:14
A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

Sirach 28:15
A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.

Sirach 28:17
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

Sirach 28:18
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

Sirach 32:8
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.

Sirach 36:23
If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.

Sirach 37:18
Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.

Sirach 40:21
The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

Sirach 51:2
For thou art my defender and helper, and has preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and has been mine helper against mine adversaries:

Sirach 51:5
From the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words.

Sirach 51:6
By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even unto death, my life was near to the hell beneath.

Sirach 51:22
The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise him therewith.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:7
As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.

2 Maccabees 7:4
Which forthwith being heated, he commanded to cut out the tongue of him that spake first, and to cut off the utmost parts of his body, the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on.

2 Maccabees 7:10
After him was the third made a mocking stock: and when he was required, he put out his tongue, and that right soon, holding forth his hands manfully.

2 Maccabees 15:33
And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded that they should give it by pieces unto the fowls, and hang up the reward of his madness before the temple.

2 Maccabees 15:36
And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirtieth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus' day.