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Psalms 140:11

Psalms 140:11 is verse 11 of Psalms chapter 140, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalms 140:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

13 Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

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Psalms 12:3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

Psalms 12:4
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 17:20
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

Proverbs 18:21
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Psalms 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Psalms 7:15
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

Psalms 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Psalms 34:21
Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

Proverbs 13:21
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.