Verse 9

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

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 Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows 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.