Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn

Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I am not a man of words (eloquent, fluent), neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am [fn]slow of speech and tongue.”

“The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle swoops down [to attack], a nation whose language you will not understand,

“The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me,

And His word was on my tongue.

Then the king’s scribes (secretaries) were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps (chief rulers), and to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, each province according to its script (writing), each people according to their own language; being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan) on the twenty-third day; and it was written in accordance with everything that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, to the chief rulers (satraps), and the governors and officials of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia (Cush), 127 provinces, to every province in its own script (writing), and to every people in their own language and to the Jews according to their script and their language.

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,

And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?

Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,

And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.

“Though evil and wickedness are sweet in his mouth

And he hides it under his tongue,

“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];

The viper’s tongue slays him.

My lips will not speak unjustly,

Nor will my tongue utter deceit.

The voices of the nobles were hushed,

And their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

“Behold, I have opened my mouth [to begin my speech];

My tongue in my mouth is going to speak.

“[fn]Can you draw out [fn]Leviathan with a fishhook?

Or press down his tongue with a cord?

For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;

Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].

Their throat is an open grave;

They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;

Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,

The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];

He does not slander with his tongue,

Nor does evil to his neighbor,

Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;

And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;

And You have laid me in the dust of death.

In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;

You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.

Keep your tongue from evil

And your lips from speaking deceit.

And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice),

And Your praise all the day long.

The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice and truth.

To the Chief Musician; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will guard my ways

That I may not sin with my tongue;

I will muzzle my mouth

While the wicked are in my presence.”

My heart was hot within me.

While I was musing the fire burned;

Then I spoke with my tongue:

To the Chief Musician; set to the [tune of] “Lilies.” A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. A Song of Love.

[fn]My heart overflows with a good theme;

I address my psalm to the King.

My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

“You give your mouth to evil

And your tongue frames deceit.

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;

Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

Your tongue devises destruction,

Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

[fn]Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],

For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

My life is among lions;

I must lie among those who breathe out fire—

The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.

They aim venomous words as arrows,

So they will be caused to stumble;

Their own tongue is against them;

All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

I cried aloud to Him;

He was highly praised with my tongue.

That your foot may crush them in blood,

That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies.”