Psalms 140:11

World English Bible (2000)

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 34:21 : 21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. 16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Ps 12:3-4 : 3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, 4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

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    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

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    1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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  • Prov 10:30
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    30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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    6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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

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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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    29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

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    12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

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    27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.

  • Prov 2:22
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