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 violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
Psalm 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue 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 of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak you unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you 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 was the king's wrath abated.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall escape from trouble.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.