Psalms 140:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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  • Ps 34:21 : 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 12:3-4 : 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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

  • 11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • 1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man;

  • 13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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

  • 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • 30 The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • 7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

    7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • 12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • 21 No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • 29 A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • 12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • 15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until You find none.

  • 21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • 17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

  • 3 For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

  • 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

  • 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.

  • 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • 19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • 27 An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • 19 The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • 12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

  • 11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • 10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • 3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

  • 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

  • 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

  • 6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 6 Set a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.

  • 15 As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

  • 20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • 11 Let the extortioner seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor.

  • 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • 20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

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

  • 21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.

  • 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.