Bible Verses About Speaking in Tongues
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for speaking in tongues, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,112 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 14:1-40. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Speaking in Tongues
1 Corinthians 14:1-40767 votes
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 14:27-28689 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.
Acts 2:4552 votes
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Mark 16:17529 votes
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
1 Corinthians 14:2469 votes
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
Acts 2:1-47424 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 Corinthians 14:23385 votes
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
Acts 19:6363 votes
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
1 Corinthians 13:8273 votes
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Acts 2:6271 votes
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
1 Corinthians 14:27261 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.
1 Corinthians 14:19258 votes
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:22246 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.
1 Corinthians 14:13237 votes
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:39234 votes
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Acts 10:46228 votes
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
Mark 16:15-18209 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13202 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Acts 19:1-41195 votes
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Romans 8:26183 votes
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
1 Corinthians 14:4183 votes
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians 12:8-11171 votes
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:30158 votes
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 13:1158 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Acts 10:44-46147 votes
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 on the subject of speaking in tongues. Across 13,112 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 14:27-28, Acts 2:4, Mark 16:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.