Psalm 72:9

New King James Version

Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust.

Cross References

Genesis 3:14

So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.

1 Kings 9:18

Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

Psalm 110:6

He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.

Psalm 2:9

You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Psalm 22:29

All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”

Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent; They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth. They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, And shall fear because of You.

Luke 19:27

But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”