Psalms 140:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

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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?

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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

    10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11 An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 140:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Ps 37:10
    72%

    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29 A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Ps 10:15
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    15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17 One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Job 20:27
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    27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Prov 16:27
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    27 A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

  • Ps 36:11
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    11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 109:6
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    6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

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    6 Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

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    10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

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    20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

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    21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

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    36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.