Psalm 140:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

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Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.

The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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

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

The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah