Esther 9:25

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his wicked plot which he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:32

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

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 Ahasu-erus.

Esther 7:10

And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

Esther 7:4

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

Esther 7:5

Then King Ahasu-erus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?”

Psalm 140:8

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; do not further his evil plot! Selah

Psalm 140:9

Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while I escape.

Psalm 7:16

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

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 26:27

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

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

Isaiah 22:25

In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”

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.

Matthew 21:44

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 evil; the Lord has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.