Psalms 140:9

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Cross References (10)

  • Psalms 7:16 (7)

    His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

  • Proverbs 18:7 (6)

    A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

  • Psalms 94:23 (4)

    He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

  • Proverbs 12:13 (4)

    An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

  • Esther 7:10 (3)

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

  • Proverbs 10:6 (3)

    Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Proverbs 10:11 (3)

    The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Psalms 64:8 (3)

    They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

  • Esther 5:14 (1)

    His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morn

  • Matthew 27:25 (1)

    All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”