Psalm 7:16

New Living Translation

The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will repay him for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 21:19

Give him this message: ‘This is what the Lord says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!’”

Esther 7:10

So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.

Job 4:8

My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape.

Psalm 35:8

So let sudden ruin come upon them! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.

Psalm 36:12

Look! Those who do evil have fallen! They are thrown down, never to rise again.

Psalm 36:4

They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises!

Psalm 9:16

The Lord is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.

Proverbs 26:27

If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. If you roll a boulder down on others, it will crush you instead.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

When you dig a well, you might fall in. When you demolish an old wall, you could be bitten by a snake.

1 Samuel 23:9

But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.

1 Samuel 26:10

Surely the Lord will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.

1 Samuel 28:19

What’s more, the Lord will hand you and the army of Israel over to the Philistines tomorrow, and you and your sons will be here with me. The Lord will bring down the entire army of Israel in defeat.”