Psalms 140:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 34:21 : 21 But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Beholde, hee shall trauaile with wickednes: for he hath conceiued mischiefe, but he shall bring foorth a lye. 15 Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made. 16 His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 12:3-4 : 3 The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things: 4 Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:9-10
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    9As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

    10Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, & into the deepe pits, that they rise not.

  • 11A sedicious person seeketh onely euill, and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • 15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • 1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:

  • 13He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • 21But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • 4Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.

  • 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • 30The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • 7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.

    7God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • 2But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • 12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • 21There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

  • 14The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

  • 10Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

  • 29A wicked man deceiueth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

  • 12The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

  • 15Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.

  • 21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.

  • 17A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.

  • 3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous, least the righteous put forth their hand vnto wickednes.

  • 27The heauen shal declare his wickednes, & the earth shal rise vp against him.

  • 22But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.

  • 16But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

  • 8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.

  • 19Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.

  • 27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • 19The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • 12And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

  • 11The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.

  • 10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • 3A man cannot be established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.

  • 11Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.

  • 11Let not ye foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of ye wicked men moue me.

  • 6Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • 6Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.

  • 15As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

  • 20For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.

  • 6Blessings are vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shall couer the mouth of the wicked.

  • 11Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.

  • 10A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.

  • 20Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule.

  • 12For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

  • 21Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.

  • 7(When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.

  • 5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • 36In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.