Psalms 140:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own li 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 Zerh 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:10
    81%

    10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Ps 59:12
    81%

    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their li let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Ps 17:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

    11They have now compassed us in our ste: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

  • Ps 140:8
    78%

    8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 31:18
    78%

    18Let the lying li be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Lam 3:62
    77%

    62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against 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 mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their li. Selah.

    4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Ps 35:8
    77%

    8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Let 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.

    23Yet, 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.

  • Ps 7:16
    76%

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Ps 40:14
    76%

    14Let 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.

  • Ps 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

    10Destroy 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.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

    26Let 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.

  • Ps 109:20
    75%

    20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 69:22
    75%

    22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

  • Ps 71:13
    75%

    13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  • Ps 64:8
    74%

    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 141:3
    74%

    3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my li.

  • Ps 28:3
    74%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4Let 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.

  • Ps 73:9
    74%

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

  • Ps 118:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

    12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • Ps 109:29
    74%

    29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

  • Ps 69:24
    74%

    24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • Jer 17:18
    74%

    18Let 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.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

  • Ps 35:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 83:2
    74%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12They 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.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

  • Job 27:7
    73%

    7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

  • Ps 69:27
    73%

    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

  • Ps 59:7
    73%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their li: for who, say they, doth hear?