Psalms 140:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 140

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¹¹Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalms 140:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs 17:20
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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Afflictions and Adversities Speaking

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-13)

Here is the believing foresight David had, I. Of the shame and confusion of persecutors. 1. Their disappointment. This he prays for (Ps. 140:8), that their lusts might not be gratified, their lust of ambition, envy, and revenge: “ Grant not, O Lord! the desires of the wicked, but frustrate them; let them not see the ruin of my interest, which they so earnestly wish to see; but hear the voice of my…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. an evil speaker--or, “slanderer” will not be tolerated (Psa 101:7). The last clause may be translated: “an evil (man) He (God) shall hunt,” &c.