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 work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalm 64:8
So they shall make their own council and agreements to fall upon themselves; all that see them shall flee away.
Psalm 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged upon it; then go in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made.
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 the just, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the just shall come out of the tribulation.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Matthew 27:25
Then all the people answered and said, His blood be on us and on our children.