Psalm 140:9
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As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
In other translations
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 12:13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Psalm 94:23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalm 64:8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.His 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.
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