Psalm 140:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Let not a man of slanderous tongue be established in the earth; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him [let calamity follow his evildoings].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Let no slanderer be safe in the land. Let calamity hunt down violent people—and quickly!

Psalm 140:11 Cross References

Psalm 34:21

Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Proverbs 17:20

The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.