Psalm 72:9

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

Cross References

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

1 Kings 9:18

and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,

Psalm 110:1

The LORD saith unto my lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Psalm 110:6

He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies; He shall strike through the head in many countries.

Psalm 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 22:29

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and they that wait for me shall not be ashamed.

Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places: they shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.

Luke 19:27

Howbeit these mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.