Strong's Concordance H3956

Original Word: לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration: lâshôwn
Phonetic Spelling: law-shone'
or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

Usages throughout the bible

Psalms 71:24 - My tongue H3956 also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalms 73:9 - They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue H3956 walketh through the earth.

Psalms 78:36 - Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. H3956

Psalms 109:2 - For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. H3956

Psalms 119:172 - My tongue H3956 shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Psalms 120:2 - Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. H3956

Psalms 120:3 - What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? H3956

Psalms 126:2 - Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue H3956 with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

Psalms 137:6 - If I do not remember thee, let my tongue H3956 cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Psalms 139:4 - For there is not a word in my tongue, H3956 but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Psalms 140:3 - They have sharpened their tongues H3956 like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 6:17 - A proud look, a lying tongue, H3956 and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:24 - To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue H3956 of a strange woman.

Proverbs 10:20 - The tongue H3956 of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Proverbs 10:31 - The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue H3956 shall be cut out.

Proverbs 12:18 - There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue H3956 of the wise is health.

Proverbs 12:19 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue H3956 is but for a moment.

Proverbs 15:2 - The tongue H3956 of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:4 - A wholesome tongue H3956 is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Proverbs 16:1 - The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, H3956 is from the LORD.

Proverbs 17:4 - A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. H3956

Proverbs 17:20 - He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue H3956 falleth into mischief.

Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue: H3956 and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 21:6 - The getting of treasures by a lying tongue H3956 is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:23 - Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue H3956 keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 25:15 - By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue H3956 breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 25:23 - The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. H3956

Proverbs 26:28 - A lying tongue H3956 hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 28:23 - He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. H3956

Proverbs 31:26 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue H3956 is the law of kindness.

Ecclesiastes 10:11 - Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler H3956 is no better.

Song of Solomon 4:11 - Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; H3956 and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Isaiah 3:8 - For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue H3956 and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Isaiah 5:24 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame H3956 consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 11:15 - And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue H3956 of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Isaiah 28:11 - For with stammering lips and another tongue H3956 will he speak to this people.

Isaiah 30:27 - Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue H3956 as a devouring fire:

Isaiah 32:4 - The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue H3956 of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Isaiah 33:19 - Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, H3956 that thou canst not understand.

Isaiah 35:6 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue H3956 of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 41:17 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue H3956 faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:23 - I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue H3956 shall swear.

Isaiah 50:4 - The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue H3956 of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

Isaiah 54:17 - No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue H3956 that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 57:4 - Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? H3956 are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Isaiah 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue H3956 hath muttered perverseness.

Isaiah 66:18 - For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; H3956 and they shall come, and see my glory.

Jeremiah 5:15 - Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language H3956 thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Jeremiah 9:3 - And they bend their tongues H3956 like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:5 - And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue H3956 to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.