Verse 11
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 34:21 : 21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.
- Prov 6:17 : 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
- Prov 12:13 : 13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
- Prov 13:21 : 21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
- Prov 17:20 : 20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
- Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
- Isa 3:11 : 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
- Ps 7:14-16 : 14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit. 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
- Ps 9:16 : 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
- Ps 12:3-4 : 3 The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord. 4 They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?