Psalm 59:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

My enemies are liars! So let them be trapped by their boastful lies.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:13

We trap ourselves by telling lies, but we stay out of trouble by living right.

Proverbs 18:7

Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.

Psalm 10:7

They curse and tell lies, and all they talk about is how to be cruel or how to do wrong.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.

Psalm 10:2

Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

Luke 23:5

But they all kept on saying, “He has been teaching and causing trouble all over Judea. He started in Galilee and has now come all the way here.”

Matthew 27:63

They said, “Sir, we remember what this liar said while he was still alive. He claimed in three days he would come back from death.

Matthew 27:25

Everyone answered, “We and our own families will take the blame for his death!”

Zephaniah 3:11

When that time comes, you won't rebel against me and be put to shame. I'll do away with those who are proud and arrogant. Never will any of them strut around on my holy mountain.

Proverbs 11:6

Honesty can keep you safe, but if you can't be trusted, you trap yourself.

Proverbs 6:2

Then you are trapped by your own words,

Psalm 79:12

Each of those nations sneered at you, our Lord. Now let others sneer at them, seven times as much.

Job 12:24

God strikes their rulers senseless, then leaves them to roam through barren deserts,

Lamentations 3:62

All day long they attack with words and whispers.

Ezekiel 12:16

Some of them will survive the war, the starvation, and the deadly diseases. That way, they will be able to tell foreigners how disgusting their sins were, and that it was the Lord who punished them in this way.