Psalms 140:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 34:21 : 21 Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies– 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
  • Ps 12:3-4 : 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! 4 They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”

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    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Ps 140:1
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. O LORD, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,

  • Prov 17:13
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    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

  • Ps 10:15
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    15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Prov 24:19
    72%

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

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    11Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

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  • Ps 109:6
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    6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

  • Prov 28:15
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    15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Ps 109:11
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    11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

  • Job 18:10
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    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Ps 109:20
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    20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

  • Ps 59:12
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    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

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    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!