Psalm 59:12 “By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be t…”

Psalm 59:12

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

Darby Translation

[Because of] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

Young's Literal Translation

The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Bible in Basic English

Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

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Cross references

“For the”

Proverbs 12:13 Proverbs 18:7 Psalm 79:12 Matthew 27:25 Matthew 27:63 Psalm 64:7

Proverbs 12:13 · BSB

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

Proverbs 18:7 · BSB

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Psalm 79:12 · BSB

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

Matthew 27:25 · BSB

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Matthew 27:63 · BSB

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Psalm 64:7 · BSB

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

“taken”

Psalm 10:2 Proverbs 6:2 Proverbs 11:6

Psalm 10:2 · BSB

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

Proverbs 6:2 · BSB

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Proverbs 11:6 · BSB

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

“cursing”

Hosea 4:2 Luke 23:5 Psalm 109:17 Psalm 109:18

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Luke 23:5 · BSB

But 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.”

Psalm 109:17 · BSB

The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Psalm 109:18 · BSB

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Also

Psalm 10:7 Zephaniah 3:11

Psalm 10:7 · BSB

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Zephaniah 3:11 · BSB

On 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 h…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

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