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Psa 140:9 — [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

let the mischief		Psa 7:16; Psa 64:8; Psa 94:23; Est 5:14; Est 7:10; Pro 10:6,11; Pro 12:13; Pro 18:7; Mat 27:25

Correlating Passages

let the mischief

	Psa 7:16	His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
	Psa 64:8	So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
	Psa 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.
	Est 5:14	Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
	Est 7:10	So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
	Pro 10:6	Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
	Pro 10:11	The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
	Pro 12:13	The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
	Pro 18:7	A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
	Mat 27:25	Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 140:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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