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Psalm 140:11

New International Version

May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.

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Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.

Trouble pursues the sinner, but the righteous are rewarded with good things.

One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.