By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
- NASB On account of the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, May they even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they tell.
- NLT Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies.
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David asks that the wicked be ensnared by their own proud, lying words. Their sins of speech become the means of their judgment.
Overview
David prays that the curses and lies of his enemies trap them in their own pride. This reflects the biblical principle that the wicked are often caught in the very nets they set. God's justice fittingly turns sin back upon the sinner who refuses to repent.
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- Prov 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Hos 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Prov 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Ps 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Matt 12:36–37But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
- Ps 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Ps 120:3–4What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
- Ps 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Matt 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Prov 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
- Matt 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Prov 6:2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
- Zeph 3:11On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
- Luke 23:5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
- Ps 109:17–18The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
- Ps 64:7–8But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
- Ps 140:9–10May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
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