Psalm 7:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

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.

Psalm 7:16 Cross References

Esther 9:25

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

1 Kings 2:32

And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, 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.

Psalm 36:12

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

1 Samuel 28:19

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

1 Samuel 26:10

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

1 Samuel 23:9

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

Psalm 36:4

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

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.

Job 4:8

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same

Psalm 9:16

The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgement: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Psalm 141:10

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

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It 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 shall return upon him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

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