Psalms 140:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
  • 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.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
  • Ps 94:23 : 23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:10
    81%

    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.

  • Ps 59:12
    81%

    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,

  • Ps 17:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

    10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 140:8
    78%

    8 O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

  • Ps 31:18
    78%

    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Lam 3:62
    77%

    62 The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

    3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

  • Ps 140:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

    3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

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

    5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

  • Ps 35:8
    77%

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

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Ps 7:16
    76%

    16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

  • Ps 40:14
    76%

    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Ps 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

    10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

    26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

  • Ps 109:20
    75%

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

  • Ps 69:22
    75%

    22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • Ps 71:13
    75%

    13 Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

  • Ps 64:8
    74%

    8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    4 Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

  • Ps 141:3
    74%

    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Ps 28:3
    74%

    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 73:9
    74%

    9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Ps 118:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

    12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

  • Ps 109:29
    74%

    29 Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.

  • Ps 69:24
    74%

    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

  • Jer 17:18
    74%

    18 Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

    10 Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.

  • Ps 35:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

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

  • Ps 83:2
    74%

    2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

  • Job 27:7
    73%

    7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

  • Ps 69:27
    73%

    27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

  • Ps 59:7
    73%

    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?