Psalms 140:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and saide, His bloud be on vs, and on our children.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then sayde Zeresh his wife and all his friends vnto him, Let them make a tree of fiftie cubites hie, and to morowe speake thou vnto the King, that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then shalt thou goe ioyfully with the King vnto the banket; the thing pleased Haman, and he caused to make the tree.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.
  • Ps 94:23 : 23 And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shall couer the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:10
    81%

    10Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, & into the deepe pits, that they rise not.

  • Ps 59:12
    81%

    12For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

  • Ps 17:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9From the wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for my soule.

    10They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.

    11They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:

  • Ps 140:8
    78%

    8Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah.

  • Ps 31:18
    78%

    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Lam 3:62
    77%

    62The lippes also of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

    3They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

  • Ps 140:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

    3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

    4Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.

    5The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.

  • Ps 35:8
    77%

    8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

    23Yet Lord thou knowest al their counsel against me tendeth to death: forgiue not their iniquitie, neither put out their sinne from thy sight, but let them be ouerthrowen before thee: deale thus with them in the time of thine anger.

  • Ps 7:16
    76%

    16His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.

  • Ps 40:14
    76%

    14Let them be confounded & put to shame together, that seeke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.

  • Ps 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

    10Destroy them, O God: let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.

    26Let them bee confounded, & put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me.

  • Ps 109:20
    75%

    20Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule.

  • Ps 69:22
    75%

    22Let their table be a snare before them, and their prosperitie their ruine.

  • Ps 71:13
    75%

    13Let them be confounded & consumed that are against my soule: let them be couered with reproofe and confusion, that seeke mine hurt.

  • Ps 64:8
    74%

    8They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seeke my soule: let them bee turned backewarde and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    4Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

  • Ps 141:3
    74%

    3Set a watch, O Lorde, before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my lips.

  • Ps 28:3
    74%

    3Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.

  • Ps 73:9
    74%

    9They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 118:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11They haue compassed mee, yea, they haue compassed mee: but in the Name of the Lorde I shall destroy them.

    12They came about mee like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.

  • Ps 109:29
    74%

    29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.

  • Ps 69:24
    74%

    24Powre out thine anger vpon them, and let thy wrathfull displeasure take them.

  • Jer 17:18
    74%

    18Let them bee confounded, that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be afraide, but let not me be afraide: bring vpon them the day of aduersitie, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie.

    10Let the wicked fall into his nettes together, whiles I escape.

  • Ps 35:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause.

    20For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.

  • Ps 83:2
    74%

    2For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10For mine enemies speake of mee, and they that lay waite for my soule, take their counsell together,

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.

  • Job 27:7
    73%

    7Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

  • Ps 69:27
    73%

    27Laie iniquitie vpon their iniquitie, and let them not come into thy righteousnesse.

  • Ps 59:7
    73%

    7Behold, they brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?