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Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn

Aa
לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration
lāšôn
Pronunciation
law-shone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1131a

Strong’s Definitions

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

  1. tongue

    1. tongue (of men)

      1. tongue (literal)

      2. tongue (organ of speech)

    2. language

    3. tongue (of animals)

    4. tongue (of fire)

    5. wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; 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.
STRONGS H3956: Abbreviations
† לָשׁוֺן noun masculineJoshua 7:29 and (more often) feminineIsaiah 28:11 tongue (Late Hebrew id.; also Assyrian lišânu; Arabic bdb054604; Ethiopic bdb054605; Aramaic H3961 לִשָּׁן, לִישָּׁן, bdb054606 (all li-); Zinjirli לשן DHMSendsch. 59); — absolute ל׳ Exodus 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁן Joshua 15:2; construct לְשׁוֺן Joshua 7:21 +; suffix לְשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֺ Exodus 11:7 + 2 times; לְשׁוֺנוֺ Judges 7:5; Esther 1:22; לְשׁוֺנְךָ Psalm 34:14; לְשׁוֺנְכֶם Isaiah 59:3, etc.; plural לְשֹׁנוֺת absolute Psalm 31:21; Isaiah 66:18; construct Zechariah 8:23; suffix לְשֹׁנֹתָם Genesis 10:20, 31; —
1. tongue of men,
a. used in lapping Judges 7:5; cleaving to the palate (חֵק), in thirst Lamentations 4:4, so as to produce dumbness Job 29:10 (|| קוֺל נֶחְבָּא), Psalm 137:6; Ezekiel 3:26 (|| נֶאֱלַם); cleaving to jaws (מַלְקוֺחַ) Psalm 22:16; בַּצָּמָא נָשָׁ֑תָּה ל׳ Isaiah 41:17 their tongue for thirst is parched; תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶם לְ׳ Zechariah 14:12 (of י׳'s judgment); a choice morsel is held תַּחַת ל׳ Job 20:12 (figurative of mischief), compare Psalm 10:7 (ready to be uttered), Psalm 66:17 (|| פֶּה), Songs 4:11.
b. usually as organ of speech, both good and bad (especially Psalms, Proverbs, often ||פֶּה, שָׂפָה); — כְּבַד ל׳ Exodus 4:10 (J) heavy of tongue; מַעֲנֵה ל׳ Proverbs 16:1, מִלָּתוֺ עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2, compare Proverbs 31:26; Psalm 139:4 (בִּל׳), הֲיֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֺנִי עַוְלָה Job 6:30; מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד ל׳ Proverbs 18:21, compare Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 25:15; of (false) prophets, הַלֹּקְהִים ל׳ Jeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking, בֶּר Di — בִחִכִּי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי Job 33:2; Psalm 12:4; Psalm 37:30; compare (Jeremiah 9:7 below and) ֗֗֗ תְּמַהֵר ל׳ לְדַבֵּר Isaiah 32:4, לְשׁוֺנִי עֵט סֹפֵר מָהִיר Psalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of הָגָה Isaiah 59:3; Job 27:4; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:24; subject of נִשְׁבַּע Isaiah 45:23; תִּהַלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ ל׳ Psalm 73:9; of hostile speech, insolence, etc., Joshua 10:21 (J E; object of I. חָרַץ which see, compare 3 below), Jeremiah 18:18; Isaiah 3:8; זַעַם ל׳ Hosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now), חֶרֶב חַדָּה ל׳ Psalm 57:6, compare Psalm 64:4; כְּמוֺ נָחָשׁ שָֽׁנְנוּ ל׳ Psalm 140:4; תָּקוּם אִתָּךְ כָּללֿ׳ Isaiah 54:17; הֶאֱרִיךְ ל׳ Isaiah 57:4; further, Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (הֶחֱלִיק), without בְּ, Psalm 5:10; Proverbs 28:33, compare נָכְרִיָּה חֶלְקַת לָ׳ Proverbs 6:24;. of falsehood Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare לושֵׁן) רָגַל עַללֿ׳ Psalm 15:3, אִישׁ לָשׁוֺן Psalm 140:12, compare סָ֑תֶר לְ׳ Proverbs 25:33; חָטָא בְּל׳ Psalm 39:2; compare Psalm 64:9 (text dubious, see Hup Che Bae); moral qualities ascribed to: — as arrogant Psalm 12:5 (compare Psalm 12:4 above); as devising injuries, הַוּוֺת תַּחְשֹׁב ל׳ Psalm 52:4, compare הַוֺת לְ׳ Proverbs 17:4; תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָה ל׳ Psalm 50:19 nectere fraudem; מֵרָ֑ע נְצֹר ל׳ Psalm 34:14 ׅ || (וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה; often of lying tongue: לְשׁוֺן שֶׁקֶר Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:19; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:28; Psalm 109:2; מִרְמָה לְ׳ Psalm 52:6; רְמִיָּה לָ׳ Micah 6:12; Psalm 120:2; Psalm 120:3; תַּרְמִית לְ׳ Zephaniah 3:13; תַּהְפֻּכוֹת לְ׳ Proverbs 10:31, and בִּל׳ נֶהְפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20; עֲרוּמִים ל׳Job 15:5; also מִרְמָה דִּבֵּ֑ר ל׳ Jeremiah 9:7; on the other hand צַדִּיק לְ׳ Proverbs 10:20; חֲכָמִים ל׳ Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 15:2; לָ׳ מַרְפֵּה מַרְמֵּה לָ׳ Proverbs 15:4; לִמּוּדִים לְ׳ Isaiah 50:4. — Note phrases שׁוֺט ל׳ Job 5:21 scourge of (the) tongue, רִיב לְשֹׁנוֺת Psalm 31:21; לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג Psalm 55:10: also בַּעַל הַלּ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and וַתֵּעֲלוּ עַלשְֿׂפַת ל׳ Ezekiel 36:3. — On tongue of י׳ (once), see 4 below.
†c. organ of singing, subject of רָנַן Psalm 51:16; Psalm 126:2; Isaiah 35:6, עָנָה Psalm 119:172.
2. = language Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15 and later, namely: Ezekiel 3:5, 6 (כִּבְדֵי ל׳, || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה, but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Manuscripts Co SgfrKauAT), Isaiah 28:11 (|| אַחֶרֶת ל׳, לַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה, figurative of י׳'s unintelligible dealings); עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג ל׳ Isaiah 33:19 (|| עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה); Isaiah 66:18 (|| גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 (all P), Nehemiah 13:24; Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:4.
3. tongue of animals: dog Exodus 11:7 (J; object of I. חָרַץ which see; compare 1b), Psalm 68:24; adder Job 20:16 (subjectof תַּהֲרֹג); crocodile Job 40:25.
4. tongue of fire, devouring, כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24; compare of י׳, וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָ֑לֶת Isaiah 30:27 (|| שְׂפָתָיו מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם).
5. = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold Joshua 7:21, 24 (JE). **So Assyrian lišânu; see MeissnZAW xxlii {1905}, 151 f. JohnsAssyrian Deeds 2, 281.
6. = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19 (all P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 11:7; 11:7

Deuteronomy

28:49

Joshua

7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 10:21; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19

Judges

7:5; 7:5

2 Samuel

23:2; 23:2

Nehemiah

13:24

Esther

1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 8:9

Job

5:21; 6:30; 15:5; 20:12; 20:16; 27:4; 29:10; 33:2

Psalms

5:10; 10:7; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 15:3; 22:16; 31:21; 31:21; 34:14; 34:14; 35:28; 37:30; 39:2; 45:2; 50:19; 51:16; 52:4; 52:6; 55:10; 57:6; 64:4; 64:9; 66:17; 68:24; 71:24; 73:9; 78:36; 109:2; 119:172; 120:2; 120:3; 126:2; 137:6; 139:4; 140:4; 140:12

Proverbs

6:17; 6:24; 10:20; 10:31; 12:18; 12:19; 15:2; 15:4; 16:1; 17:4; 17:20; 18:21; 21:6; 21:23; 25:15; 26:28; 31:26

Ecclesiastes

10:11

Song of Songs

4:11

Isaiah

3:8; 5:24; 11:15; 28:11; 28:11; 30:27; 32:4; 33:19; 35:6; 41:17; 45:23; 50:4; 54:17; 57:4; 59:3; 59:3; 66:18; 66:18

Jeremiah

5:15; 9:2; 9:4; 9:7; 9:7; 18:18; 23:31

Lamentations

4:4

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:6; 3:26; 36:3

Daniel

1:4

Hosea

7:16

Micah

6:12

Zephaniah

3:13

Zechariah

8:23; 8:23; 14:12

H3956

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Strong's Number H3956 matches the Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lāšôn),
which occurs 117 times in 115 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 71:24–Jer 9:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9 - They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36 - Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:2 - For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172 - My tongue shall speak of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2 - Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:3 - What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 - Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations,
“The LORD has done great things for them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - If I do not remember you,
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 - For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17 - A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 - To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:31 - The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
But the perverse tongue will be cut out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18 - There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise promotes health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 - The truthful lip shall be established forever,
But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 - The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:4 - A wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1 - The preparations of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evildoer gives heed to false lips;
A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20 - He who has a deceitful heart finds no good,
And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - Getting treasures by a lying tongue
Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
Keeps his soul from troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:15 - By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded,
And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 - A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:26 - She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law of kindness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - A serpent may bite when it is not charmed;
The babbler is no different.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips, O my spouse,
Drip as the honeycomb;
Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem stumbled,
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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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - The LORD will utterly destroy[fn] the tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River,[fn]
And strike it in the seven streams,
And make men cross over dryshod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 - For with stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:4 - Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - You will not see a fierce people,
A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then the lame shall leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 - “The poor and needy seek water, but there is none,
Their tongues fail for thirst.
I, the LORD, will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every knee shall bow,
Every tongue shall take an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:4 - “The Lord GOD has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar,
O house of Israel,” says the LORD.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - “And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” says the LORD.

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