World English Bible

Psalms 140:9

“As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.”

Psalms 140:9 in the King James Version

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

Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalms 7:16
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 94:23
He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Psalms 64:8
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Esther 5:14
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he h...
Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!

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