Psalm 72:9

New International Version

May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

Micah 7:17

They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the Lord our God and will be afraid of you.

Luke 19:27

But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”

Psalm 110:6

He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

Psalm 110:1

The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

Psalm 22:29

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him— those who cannot keep themselves alive.

Psalm 2:9

You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

1 Kings 9:18

Baalath, and Tadmor in the desert, within his land,

Genesis 3:14

So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.