Psalm 140:9

“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.

Psalm 7:16

His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully to the banquet with the king.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

Psalm 64:8

So they will be caused to stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

Psalm 94:23

He has turned back their own wickedness upon them
And will destroy them by means of their own evil;
The Lord our God will wipe them out.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God],
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life and his words of wisdom are a source of blessing,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence and evil.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”

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Summary

Psalm 140:9

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

Let the mischief

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