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 will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].
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.
Esther 5:14
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.
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 12:13

An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.
Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”