Psalms 140:9
[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
- Prov 12:13 : 13 ¶ The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
- Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
- Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
- Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Ps 94:23 : 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off.
- Prov 10:6 : 6 ¶ Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 10:11 : 11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
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12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
- Ps 17:9-113 verses78%
9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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8 ¶ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
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18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
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2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
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2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
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8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay [me]: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal [thus] with them in the time of thine anger.
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16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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9 For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
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25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.
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20 [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
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22 ¶ Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
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13 Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
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8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
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2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
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4 They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
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9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
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29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
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24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
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9 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
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19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
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2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
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7 ¶ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
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7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?