Psalm 7:16 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The trouble they cause will come back on their own heads; the violence they commit will come down on their own skulls.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

Psalm 7:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds upon his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and slew with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 21:19

And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed, and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.” ’ ”

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 9:25

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.

Job 4:8

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Psalm 141:10

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

Psalm 35:8

Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!

Psalm 36:12

There the evildoers lie prostrate, they are thrust down, unable to rise.

Psalm 36:4

He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 26:27

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

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit will fall into it; and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

1 Samuel 23:9

David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me; the Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”