Psalms 140:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.”
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“May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 140:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
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