Psalm 64:8

New International Version

He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

Proverbs 12:13

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

Psalm 140:9

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

Luke 19:22

“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?

Matthew 21:41

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

Nahum 3:7

All who see you will flee from you and say, ‘Nineveh is in ruins—who will mourn for her?’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”

Jeremiah 48:27

Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her?

Jeremiah 18:16

Their land will be an object of horror and of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads.

Psalm 31:11

Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

Job 15:6

Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.

Revelation 18:10

Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!’

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “ ‘Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

Psalm 59:12

For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

Psalm 52:6

The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying,

Psalm 9:3

My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

Numbers 16:34

At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

Psalm 144:6

Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.