Psalms 64:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Psalms 64:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psalms 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Wicked (people)

Commentary

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

(vv. 7-10)

We may observe here, I. The judgments of God which should certainly come upon these malicious persecutors of David. Though they encouraged themselves in their wickedness, here is that which, if they would believe and consider it, was enough to discourage them. And it is observable how the punishment answers the sin. 1. They shot at David secretly and suddenly, to wound him; but God shall shoot at…

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

(vv. 8)

8. their ... tongue to fall, &c.--that is, the consequences of their slanders, &c. (compare Psa 10:2; 31:16). all that see ... away--Their partners in evil shall be terrified.