Psalm 7:16

God's Word

His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.

Cross References

Esther 9:25

But when this came to the king’s attention, he ordered, in the well-known letter, that the evil plan Haman had plotted against the Jews should turn back on his own head. As a result, they hung Haman and his sons on poles.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will repay him for the slaughter he caused. Joab killed two honorable men who were better than he was. He used his sword to kill Abner (who was the son of Ner and the commander of Israel’s army) and Amasa (who was the son of Jether and the commander of Judah’s army). Joab did this without my father’s knowledge.

Psalm 36:12

Look at the troublemakers who have fallen. They have been pushed down and are unable to stand up again.

1 Samuel 28:19

For the same reasons the Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And then the Lord will hand Israel’s army over to the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 26:10

I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives,” David added, “the Lord will strike him. Either his time will come when he’ll die ⌞naturally⌟, or he’ll go into battle and be swept away.

1 Samuel 23:9

When David learned that Saul was planning to harm him, he told the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod.”

Psalm 36:4

He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord asks: Have you murdered someone just to confiscate ⌞a vineyard⌟?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: At the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will lick up your blood.’ ”

Esther 7:10

So servants hung Haman’s ⌞dead body⌟ on the very pole he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king got over his raging anger.

Job 4:8

Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction surprise them. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is confident, O God. My heart is confident. I want to sing and make music.

Psalm 141:10

Let wicked people fall into their own nets, while I escape unharmed.

Proverbs 1:19

This is what happens to everyone who is greedy for unjust gain. Greed takes away his life.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it. Whoever breaks through a stone wall may be bitten by a snake.