Bible Verses About Languages
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for languages, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,952 votes, led by Genesis 11:1-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Languages
Genesis 11:1-9205 votes
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Zephaniah 3:9146 votes
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.
1 Corinthians 14:9119 votes
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Acts 2:1-1195 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Deuteronomy 28:4988 votes
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Daniel 1:484 votes
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Revelation 7:9-1080 votes
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Nehemiah 13:2478 votes
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
Psalms 19:1-476 votes
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
1 Corinthians 14:27-2873 votes
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
Exodus 4:10-1272 votes
And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Isaiah 28:1164 votes
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Revelation 5:960 votes
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Acts 22:256 votes
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Revelation 7:956 votes
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Acts 2:1-1254 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 Corinthians 14:2252 votes
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
Jeremiah 5:1540 votes
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Revelation 14:640 votes
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
1 Corinthians 12:1038 votes
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
Psalms 81:532 votes
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
Psalms 19:328 votes
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Isaiah 66:1828 votes
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Acts 2:428 votes
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
1 Corinthians 14:1828 votes
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
What does the Bible say about languages?
Readers most often cite Genesis 11:1-9 on the subject of languages. Across 1,952 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Zephaniah 3:9, 1 Corinthians 14:9, Acts 2:1-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.