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
For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
Psalm 64:8
Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.
Psalm 94:23
He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.
Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, "Let them make a gallows of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king, that Mordecai may be hanged thereon, if thou comest merrily with the king unto the banquet." Haman was well content withal, and caused a gallows to be prepared.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had made for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Proverbs 10:6
Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous; but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul.
Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and on our children."