Psalm 140:9

God's Word

Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, 75 feet high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai’s ⌞dead body⌟ hung on it. Then go with the king to the dinner in good spirits.” Haman liked the idea, so he had the pole set up.

Esther 7:10

So servants hung Haman’s ⌞dead body⌟ on the very pole he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king got over his raging anger.

Psalm 64:8

They will trip over their own tongues. Everyone who sees them will shake his head.

Psalm 7:16

His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.

Psalm 94:23

He has turned their own wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. The Lord our God will destroy them.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous person is a fountain of life, but the mouths of wicked people conceal violence.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings cover the head of a righteous person, but violence covers the mouths of wicked people.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil person is trapped by his own sinful talk, but a righteous person escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin. His lips are a trap to his soul.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, “The responsibility for killing him will rest on us and our children.”

Deuteronomy 32:27

But I didn’t want their enemies to make me angry. I didn’t want their opponents to misunderstand and say, ‘We won this victory! It wasn’t the Lord who did all this!’ ”