Psalm 64:8
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So 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.
In other translations
So 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.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- 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 140:9As 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.
- Matthew 21:41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.“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 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:His 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?
- Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
- Nahum 3:7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?Then 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?”
- Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Psalm 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Psalm 31:11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.Among 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.
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