Psalms 64:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.”
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“They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they cause him to stumble, Against them <FI>is<Fi> their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 64:8 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:34At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
- 1 Samuel 31:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- Psalms 9:3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
- Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Psalms 31:11Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
- Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
- Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Psalms 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- Psalms 144:6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Jeremiah 48:27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
- Nahum 3:7Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
- Matthew 21:41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
- Luke 19:22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
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