Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim

your righteousness all day long,

for those who intend to harm me

will be disgraced and confounded.

They set their mouths against heaven,

and their tongues strut across the earth.

But they deceived him with their mouths,

they lied to him with their tongues,

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;

they speak against me with lying tongues.

My tongue sings about your promise,

for all your commands are righteous.

“LORD, rescue me from lying lips

and a deceitful tongue.”

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,

and our tongues with shouts of joy.

Then they said among the nations,

“The LORD has done great things for them.”

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth

if I do not remember you,

if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Before a word is on my tongue,

you know all about it, LORD.

They make their tongues

as sharp as a snake’s bite;

viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood,

The tongue of the righteous is pure silver;

the heart of the wicked is of little value.

There is one who speaks rashly,

like a piercing sword;

but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,

but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.

The reflections of the heart belong to mankind,

but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;[fn]

a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Making a fortune through a lying tongue

is a vanishing mist,[fn] a pursuit of death.[fn][fn]

A ruler can be persuaded through patience,

and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes,

and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor

than one who flatters with his tongue.

Her mouth speaks wisdom,

and loving instruction[fn] is on her tongue.

If the snake bites before it is charmed,

then there is no advantage for the charmer.[fn]

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.

Honey and milk are under your tongue.

The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

For Jerusalem has stumbled

and Judah has fallen

because they have spoken and acted against the LORD,

defying his glorious presence.

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw

and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,

so their roots will become like something rotten

and their blossoms will blow away like dust,

for they have rejected

the instruction of the LORD of Armies,

and they have despised

the word of the Holy One of Israel.

The LORD will divide[fn][fn] the Gulf of Suez.[fn]

He will wave his hand over the Euphrates

with his mighty wind

and will split it into seven streams,

letting people walk through on foot.

For he will speak to this people

with stammering speech

and in a foreign language.

Look! The name of the LORD is coming from far away,

his anger burning and heavy with smoke.[fn]

His lips are full of fury,

and his tongue is like a consuming fire.

The reckless mind will gain knowledge,

and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

You will no longer see the barbarians,

a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend —

who stammer in a language that is not understood.

Then the lame will leap like a deer,

and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,

for water will gush in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert;

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.

I am the LORD, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

“By myself I have sworn;

truth has gone from my mouth,

a word that will not be revoked:

Every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will swear allegiance.

The Lord GOD has given me

the tongue of those who are instructed

to know how to sustain the weary with a word.

He awakens me each morning;

he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.

“No weapon formed against you will succeed,

and you will refute any accusation[fn]

raised against you in court.

This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants,

and their vindication is from me.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Who are you mocking?

Who are you opening your mouth

and sticking out your tongue at?

Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,

you offspring of liars,

For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

“Knowing[fn] their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.

I am about to bring a nation

from far away against you,

house of Israel.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

It is an established nation,

an ancient nation,

a nation whose language you do not know

and whose speech you do not understand.

They bent their tongues like their bows;

lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,

for they proceed from one evil to another,

and they do not take me into account.

This is the LORD’s declaration.