Psalm 140:9

Revised Version 1885

As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Psalm 64:8

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

Psalm 7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalm 94:23

And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Deuteronomy 32:27

Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misdeem, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And the LORD hath not done all this.