Psalm 140:9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Those who surround me lift up their heads; let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go with the king to the banquet in good spirits.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

Psalm 64:8

Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake with horror.

Psalm 7:16

Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.

Psalm 94:23

He will repay them for their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 10:6

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

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.

Matthew 27:25

Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Deuteronomy 32:27

but I feared provocation by the enemy, for their adversaries might misunderstand and say, “Our hand is triumphant; it was not the Lord who did all this.”