Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

General references

Bible References

For the

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalm 79:12

And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold
The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
Psalm 120:3

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?—
Psalm 140:9

“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
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 12:36
But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak.
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”

Taken

Psalm 10:2

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Proverbs 6:2

If you have been snared with the words of your lips,
If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,
Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

Cursing

Psalm 109:17

He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Hosea 4:2

There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;
They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
Luke 23:5
But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people [to rebel], teaching throughout Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as here [in Jerusalem].”

General references

Psalm 109:17

He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Romans 3:14

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”