Psalm 140:9

New English Translation

As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.” It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

Psalm 64:8

Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

Psalm 7:16

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

Psalm 94:23

He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 10:6

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

Proverbs 12:13

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

Matthew 27:25

In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

Deuteronomy 32:27

But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!”’