Psalms 140:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak you to the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. 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 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
  • Ps 94:23 : 23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring 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 on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, Into miry pits, from where they never rise.

  • Ps 59:12
    81%

    12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them be caught in their pride, For the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Ps 17:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

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

    10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

    11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

  • Ps 140:8
    78%

    8 Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

  • Ps 31:18
    78%

    18 Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Lam 3:62
    77%

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

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

    3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

  • Ps 140:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2 Those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

    3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

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

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, They have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 35:8
    77%

    8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

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

    23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

  • Ps 7:16
    76%

    16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

  • Ps 40:14
    76%

    14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

    10 Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

    26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 109:20
    75%

    20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 69:22
    75%

    22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

  • Ps 71:13
    75%

    13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

  • Ps 64:8
    74%

    8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2 For their hearts plot violence, And their lips talk about mischief.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    4 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 141:3
    74%

    3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

  • Ps 28:3
    74%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

  • Ps 73:9
    74%

    9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 118:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.

    12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

  • Ps 109:29
    74%

    29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

  • Ps 69:24
    74%

    24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

  • Jer 17:18
    74%

    18 Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, From the traps of the workers of iniquity.

    10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, While I pass by.

  • Ps 35:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

    20 For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 83:2
    74%

    2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

  • Job 27:7
    73%

    7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

  • Ps 69:27
    73%

    27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness.

  • Ps 59:7
    73%

    7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"