Bible Verses About The Gift of Tongues
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for the gift of tongues, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,261 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 The Gift of Tongues
1 Corinthians 14:1-4099 votes
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Acts 2:1-4783 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 Corinthians 14:262 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.
1 Corinthians 14:27-2861 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 14:2257 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 13:856 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.
1 Corinthians 14:1951 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 14:448 votes
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians 14:1448 votes
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Acts 2:1-1342 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 Corinthians 12:3035 votes
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 13:134 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 10:44-4833 votes
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
1 Corinthians 14:2732 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 14:1330 votes
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
1 Corinthians 12:1-14:4029 votes
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Acts 19:1-725 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,
Mark 1:824 votes
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 12:1022 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:
1 Corinthians 12:1-3121 votes
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Romans 8:2620 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 14:3920 votes
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Mark 16:1719 votes
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Acts 2:419 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 14:2119 votes
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
What does the Bible say about the gift of tongues?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 on the subject of the gift of tongues. Across 1,261 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 2:1-47, 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 14:27-28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.