Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Bible References
Let the mischief
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
Psalm 64:8
So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.
Psalm 94:23
And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. LORD our God will cut them off.
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 thou to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go thou in merrily with the king to the banquet. And t
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 12:13
A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Matthew 27:25
And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children.