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H3956Hebrew

לָשׁוֹן לָשׁוֹן לְשׁוֹנָה

Definition and meaning

lashown (law-shone') (or lashon {law-shone'} also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'};) n-m. 1. 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) [from H3960] KJV: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge. Root(s): H3960

Tagged KJV passages

115 matching verses - 117.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Proverbs 25:15

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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Proverbs 25:23

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

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Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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Proverbs 31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

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Ecclesiastes 10:11

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

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Song of Solomon 4:11

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

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Isaiah 3:8

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

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Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame 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.

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Isaiah 11:15

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue 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.

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Isaiah 28:11

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

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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 as a devouring fire:

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Isaiah 32:4

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

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Isaiah 33:19

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

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Isaiah 35:6

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

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Isaiah 41:17

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

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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 shall swear.

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Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue 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.

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Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue 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.

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Isaiah 57:4

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

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