Psalm 72:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

Cross References

Genesis 3:14

The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

1 Kings 9:18

Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, within the land,

Psalm 110:1

The Lord says to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Psalm 110:6

He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter heads over the wide earth.

Psalm 2:9

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

Psalm 22:29

To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings shall be your foster fathers and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.

Micah 7:17

they shall lick dust like a snake, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their fortresses; they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall stand in fear of you.

Luke 19:27

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”