why is it said that the tongue is the centre of evil in the body?

Answer 1

There are three parts to this answer: the tongue is a door to the heart that leads to the street, it is a taster of the senses, and it is an instrument of fame or defaming(naming) which is the power of the tongue.

1. The Lord teaches us that from out of the heart comes every form of guile and deceit, for those who set about a double way.
Like the father of lies, the serpent, the forked tongue deceives to destruction.
2. The tongue is also a matter of the taste, and especially of the salt of the senses. They that enjoy the taste of evil and destroy their better sense, become doers of iniquity and speakers of blasphemy and every form of destruction.
3. The tongue is a gift for praising God, and yet men give fame to
pride and worldly considerations that are misleading to the innocent and harmful to the society of God.

Here are some teachings of the Saints:

"Often we have told Your Love: both to preach the truth is nothing, if heart from tongue dissent: and to hear the truth is nothing, if fruit follow not hearing. "Who speaks the truth in his heart." For some have truth on their lips, and not in their heart. What is a tongue deceitful? A minister of guile is a tongue deceitful, of men bearing one thing in heart, another thing from mouth bringing forth.

"Under his tongue is toil and grief." Nothing is more toilsome than unrighteousness and ungodliness: upon which toil follows grief; for that the toil is not only without fruit, but even unto destruction. Which toil and grief refer to that which he has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved from generation to generation without evil." And therefore, "under his tongue," not on his tongue, because he will devise these things in silence, and to men will speak other things, that he may appear good and just, and a son of God.

For unjust men have told to me their delights, but it is not as Your law, O Lord." St. Augustine, various parts of contemplation

Sirach 25:9. Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.

James 1:26. And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Instructions of St. John Chrysostom:
For there is no organ so convenient for him for our deception and our destruction as an unchastened tongue and an unchecked utterance. Hence come many slips on our part: hence many serious accusations against us. And the ease of these falls through the tongue a certain one showed, when he said, "Many fell by the sword, but not so many as by the tongue." Sirach 28:22 Now the gravity of the fall the same person shows us again when he says: "To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue." Sirach 20:18 And what he speaks of is of this kind. Better it is, says he, that the body should fall and be crushed, than that such a word should go forth as destroys the soul; and he does not speak of falls merely; he also admonishes us that much forethought should be exercised, so that we should not be tripped up, thus saying "Make a door and bars for your mouth," Sirach 20:25 not that we should prepare doors and bars, but that with much security, we should shut the tongue off from outrageous words;

More of St. Augustine:
The tongues of flatterers bind souls in sin.
Wherefore, my brethren who fear God, remember what the Apostle Peter says: Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8 When he cannot devour a man through seducing him into iniquity, he attempts to injure his good name, that if it be possible, he may give way under the reproaches of men and the calumnies of slandering tongues, and may thus fall into his jaws. If, however, he be unable even to sully the good name of one who is innocent, he tries to persuade him to cherish unkindly suspicions of his brother, and judge him harshly, and so become entangled, and be an easy prey.

The Tower of Babel:
Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands." The work was soon fairly under way; "and they had brick instead of stones, and slime (asphalt) instead of mortar." But God confounded their tongue, so that they did not understand one another's speech, and thus scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

Genesis 11:9. And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries

Book of St. James:
3:5. Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

3:6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

3:7. For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man.

3:8. But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

3:9. By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men who are made after the likeness of God.

3:10. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

4:11. Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

5:12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment.

Answer 2

"Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Considers what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiels and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water from the same spring? " - James 3:5 -11.

With the tongue you can boost someone's confidence by telling them nice things but with the tongue a person can be driven to for example go and commit suicide. That's why there is something as psychological abuse because a tongue can really break you down. Haven't you ever been angry for example, you know fuming with rage that when you were arguing with a person you or the person you're arguing with got hurt?

"The tongue cuts deeper than any two-edged sword"

Answer 3

Isa 40:22 it extremely is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,.... Or, "the globe (z)" of it; for the earth is around or globular: no longer a flat undeniable, yet around, hung as a ball interior the air; here Jehovah sits by way of fact the Lord and Sovereign; being the Maker of it, he's above it, orders and directs its action, and governs all issues in it: Kimchi rightly observes, that the heavens are the circle of the earth, that's the centre of them, and around which they are; and so it shows, that the Lord sits or dwells interior the heavens, from whence he beholds the toddlers of adult males: There are examples in scripture the place the earth is named a circle or globe. Psa seventy one:20 who has shown me large and evil distresses; you will turn me; you will make me stay. you will turn me from the depths of the earth, you will convey me up. Psalms speaks of the depths of the Earth. Rev 9:2 And it opened the bottomless pit. And there arose a smoke out of the pit, like the smoke of an incredible furnace. And the sunlight and air have been darkened by way of smoke of the pit. The Bottomless pit is stated as Hell or Tartarus, the place the fallen angels are held. Tartarus replaced into mentioned to be as a techniques under Hell as Earth is below the heavens. it extremely is the backside factor and the main severe. by way of fact the centre of the Earth is the backside factor all guidelines are up. as a result it extremely is the only place(in guy's adventure) the place this phenomenon might desire to be. some have theorized that it extremely is a Black hollow or some such component however the centre of the Earth looks the main available clarification. Jacqes Cousteau heard the screams of individuals in soreness as quickly as on the same time as on a deep dive....he stopped diving after that. A group of Russian scientists drilled into the Earth and broke by right into a hollow area. The placed a microphone down and have been shocked to hearken to the voices of hundreds of thousands screaming in soreness. Google "sounds from hell." in case you dare.

Answer 4

The Bible says so. Jesus said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. in other words, when we are happy we will shout for joy, send out good vibes to whoever is with us uko, if things are sweet, you will certainly say sweet things. But if we are caught in an opposite situation like someone steals your car you ain't exactly gonna be happy bout dat now are you? I sure wouldn't You would probably swear and curse and 'don't get in my *#**";''' way!! sort of thing, uknow.... out of the same mouth Jesus meant, we would curse and bless people with.
Paul the Apostle says the tongue is an unruly member no man can tame it.

Answer 5

Because you can hold back thousands of horses by their reigns,but cannot control a tongue from uttering some thing evil which can wreck humanity.

Answer 6

Because the tongue no man can control. It starts fires, by hurting others, and it can praise people, and destroy people. What comes out of our mouths comes from our hearts. If we are hurt we speak out if we love we speak out. That is why we have to be careful what we say. God wants us to think before we speak. To many speak, and can't take it back the damage is done.

Answer 7

because the tongue speaks evil and lies and gets you in more trouble than anything else usually

Answer 8

Jesus said that what comes out of ones mouth condems one, not what goes in. So I imagine what you have heard is along the same line.

Answer 9

Easy one there! How many times has YOUR toungue got you in trouble? How many times have you done something bad without talking about it first (even just with yourself?)

Answer 10

Who claims that? A church? If so, there's your answer; churches are always claiming one dumb thing or another.