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Psalms 140:11

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִ֥ישׁ'isha person ofH376 →
לָשׁוֹן֮la.shOntongueH3956 →
בַּל־bal-notH1077 →
יִכּ֪וֹןyi.Konlet him be establishedH3559 →
בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776 →
אִישׁ־'ish-a person ofH376 →
חָמָ֥סcha.MasviolenceH2555 →
רָ֑עRa'troubleH7451 →
יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּye.tzu.De.nulet it hunt himH6679 →
לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃le.mad.che.Fotfor blowsH4073 →

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James 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.Psalms 140:1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,Psalms 34:21Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.Proverbs 13:2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.Proverbs 17:20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.Proverbs 13:21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.Lamentations 4:18They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Psalms 12:3–4May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.Psalms 7:14–16Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion SelahProverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.Titus 3:2to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.2 Samuel 22:3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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