Psalm 7:16 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.

Psalm 7:16 Cross References

1 Kings 2:32

And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

1 Kings 21:19

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow wickedness, reap the same.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: Into that very destruction let him fall.

Psalm 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Psalm 9:16

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

1 Samuel 23:9

And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

1 Samuel 26:10

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.