Psalm 140:9

Modern English Version

As for the head of those who surround me, let the evil of their lips overwhelm them.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends suggested to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits tall be constructed, and in the morning ask the king if Mordecai can be hanged on it. Then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the suggestion pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.

Esther 7:10

Then the king said, “Hang him on it!” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

Psalm 64:8

So He will bring ruin to them with their own tongues; all who see them will shake their heads.

Psalm 7:16

His mischief will return on his own head; his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.

Psalm 94:23

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and shall destroy them in their own wickedness; the Lord our God shall destroy them.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous will escape from trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his undoing; his lips are the snare of his soul.

Matthew 27:25

Then all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Deuteronomy 32:27

however, I feared the wrath of the enemy, that their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our hand is victorious, and the Lord has not done all this.”