Psalms 140:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • 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 ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will 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 Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who 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; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:10
    81%

    10 Let 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%

    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.

  • Ps 17:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9 From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

    10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

    11 They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Ps 140:8
    78%

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

  • Ps 31:18
    78%

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

  • Lam 3:62
    77%

    62 The lips of those who rose up against me, and their plot against me all day long.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    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 surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

  • Ps 140:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather 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 violent men, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.

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

  • Ps 35:8
    77%

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

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.

    23 Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.

  • Ps 7:16
    76%

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

  • Ps 40:14
    76%

    14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil.

  • Ps 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

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

    10 Destroy them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

    26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 109:20
    75%

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

  • Ps 69:22
    75%

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

  • Ps 71:13
    75%

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

  • Ps 64:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2 For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2 Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and put to confusion, who desire my harm.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    4 They only plan to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 141:3
    74%

    3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

  • Ps 28:3
    74%

    3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4 Let them be confused 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%

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

  • Ps 118:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

    12 They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • Ps 109:29
    74%

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

  • Ps 69:24
    74%

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

  • Jer 17:18
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

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

    10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape completely.

  • Ps 35:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

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

  • Ps 83:2
    74%

    2 For, behold, your enemies make an uproar: and those who hate you have lifted up their head.

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10 For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity.

  • Job 27:7
    73%

    7 Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

  • Ps 69:27
    73%

    27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness.

  • Ps 59:7
    73%

    7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?

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