לָשׁוֹןlâshôwn/law-shone'/
HebrewH3956116 occurrences (KJV)
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)
KJV renders it: [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Where it appears(showing the first 114 of 116)
- Gen 10:5Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
- Gen 10:20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
- Gen 10:31These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
- Exod 4:10Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
- Exod 11:7But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Deut 28:49Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you will not understand;
- Josh 7:21When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”
- Josh 7:24Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
- Josh 10:21all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
- Josh 15:2Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
- Josh 15:5The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.
- Josh 18:19The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
- Judg 7:5So he brought down the people to the water; and Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.”
- 2 Sam 23:2“Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.
- Neh 13:24and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
- Esth 1:22for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
- Esth 3:12Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
- Esth 8:9Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
- Job 5:21You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
- Job 6:30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
- Job 15:5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
- Job 20:12“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
- Job 20:16He shall suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue shall kill him.
- Job 27:4surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
- Job 29:10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
- Job 33:2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
- Job 41:1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
- Ps 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
- Ps 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- Ps 12:3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
- Ps 12:4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
- Ps 15:3He who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
- Ps 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
- Ps 31:20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
- Ps 34:13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
- Ps 35:28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
- Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
- Ps 39:1For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
- Ps 39:3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
- Ps 45:1For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
- Ps 50:19“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Ps 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Ps 52:4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
- Ps 55:9Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Ps 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Ps 64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
- Ps 64:8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
- Ps 66:17I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
- Ps 68:23That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
- Ps 71:24My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
- Ps 73:9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
- Ps 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
- Ps 109:2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
- Ps 119:172Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
- Ps 120:2Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
- Ps 120:3What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
- Ps 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”
- Ps 137:6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Ps 139:4For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
- Ps 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Prov 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
- Prov 6:24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
- Prov 10:20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- Prov 10:31The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
- Prov 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
- Prov 12:19Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
- Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
- Prov 15:4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
- Prov 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
- Prov 17:4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
- Prov 17:20One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- Prov 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Prov 21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
- Prov 21:23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
- Prov 25:15By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
- Prov 25:23The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
- Prov 26:28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
- Prov 28:23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
- Prov 31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
- Eccl 10:11If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
- Song 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
- Isa 3:8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
- Isa 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 11:15Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.
- Isa 28:11But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language;
- Isa 30:27Behold, Yahweh’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.
- Isa 32:4The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
- Isa 33:19You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
- Isa 35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Isa 41:17The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isa 45:23I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
- Isa 50:4The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
- Isa 57:4Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience, and offspring of falsehood,
- Isa 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
- Isa 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.
- Jer 5:15Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say.
- Jer 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
- Jer 9:5Everyone will deceive their neighbors, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves commiting iniquity.
- Jer 9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he lays wait for him.
- Jer 18:18Then they said, “Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
- Jer 23:31Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
- Lam 4:4The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
- Ezek 3:5For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
- Ezek 3:6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
- Ezek 3:26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute, and will not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezek 36:3therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
- Dan 1:4youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
- Hos 7:16They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
- Mic 6:12Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
- Zeph 3:13The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”
- Zech 8:23Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- Zech 14:12This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.