Psalm 7:16 - The Scriptures 1998

His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.

American Standard Version (1901)

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Common English Bible

The trouble they cause will come back on their own heads; the violence they commit will come down on their own skulls.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

Psalm 7:16 Cross References

1 Kings 2:32

“Thus יהוה  shall return his blood on his head, because he had fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, while my father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 21:19

“And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naḇ

Esther 7:10

And they impaled Haman on the stake that he had prepared for Mordeḵ

Esther 9:25

But when she came before the sovereign, he commanded by letter that his evil plot which Haman had plotted against the Yehuḏ

Job 4:8

According to what I have seen, those who plough wickedness and sow suffering reap the same.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wrong fall into their own nets, While I pass by.

Psalm 35:8

Let ruin come upon him unawares, And let his net that he hid catch himself; Let him fall in it, into ruin.

Psalm 36:12

There the workers of wickedness have fallen; They have been overthrown And have been unable to rise.

Psalm 36:4

He plots wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not despise evil.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is firm, O Elohim, My heart is firm; I sing and praise.

Psalm 9:16

יהוה  has made Himself known, He has done right-ruling; The wrong is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit falls into it, And whoever rolls a stone, it turns back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit falls into it, and whoever breaks through a wall is bitten by a snake.

1 Samuel 23:9

And Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 26:10

Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 28:19

“Further, יהוה  also gives Yisra’ĕ