Psalm 59:12

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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.

But God will shoot his arrows and quickly wound them.

Pay each one of our neighbors back with seven times the number of insults they used to insult you, O Jehovah.

You deceitful tongue, what can Jehovah give you? What more can he do for you?

Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The righteous will depart from trouble.

A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.

I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say.

The people answered: Let his blood be on us, and on our children.

The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

You are snared with the words of your mouth. You are captured by the words of your mouth!

Righteousness will deliver the upright. Greed will capture the unfaithful.

He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.

They do nothing but swear, deceive, kill, steal and commit adultery! There is violence and bloodshed in the land.

They were more insistent saying: He excites the people throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place.

He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. (Psalm 10:7)