As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
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