Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
1 Kings 2:44 - King James 2000 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which was in your heart, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness upon your own head; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king also said to Shimei, You are aware in your own heart of all the evil you did to my father David; so the Lord will return your evil upon your own head. American Standard Version (1901) The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. Common English Bible The king said further, “You know quite well all the evil that you did to my father David. May the LORD return your evil on your own head. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said to Shimei: "You know all the evil, of which your heart is conscious, which you did to David, my father. The Lord has repaid your wickedness upon your own head." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father. The Lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head. |
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs.
And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their deeds.
And they who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing before him.
Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and talked with Abigail, to take her to be his wife.