Esther 9:25

English Standard Version 2016

But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Cross References

Psalm 7:16

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

Matthew 21:44

And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.

Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Esther 7:5

Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?”

Esther 3:6

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Esther 7:4

For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”

Psalm 140:8

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

Isaiah 22:25

In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

1 Kings 8:32

then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

Psalm 7:17

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

Psalm 94:23

He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.