Psalm 140:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

¶“As for the head of those who surround me, May the harm of their lips cover them.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a wooden gallows fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Psalm 64:8

So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake their heads.

Psalm 7:16

His harm will return on his own head, And his violence will descend on the top of his own head.

Psalm 94:23

He has brought back their injustice upon them, And He will destroy them in their evil; The Lord our God will 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

An evil person is ensnared by the offense of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people replied, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!”

Deuteronomy 32:27

Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.” ’