Psalms 7:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

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  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
  • Ps 36:12 : 12 There the workers of iniquity are fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
  • Ps 37:12-13 : 12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
  • Mal 2:3-5 : 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. 4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me and was afraid before my name.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knew that Saul secretly planned mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
  • 1 Sam 24:12-13 : 12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be upon you. 13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.
  • 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David said furthermore, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish."
  • 1 Sam 28:19 : 19 Moreover, the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me: the LORD will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
  • 1 Sam 31:3-4 : 3 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was critically wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell upon it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    14Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

    15He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

  • Obad 1:15
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    15For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done to you; your recompense shall return upon your own head.

  • Ps 140:9-11
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    76%

    9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

    10Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

    11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 26:26-27
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    76%

    26Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Job 18:7-8
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    7The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Ps 68:21
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    21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
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    44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Ps 10:7
    72%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Job 18:16
    72%

    16His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

  • Job 21:31
    71%

    31Who will declare his way to his face? And who will repay him for what he has done?

  • Job 20:27
    71%

    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Prov 16:30
    71%

    30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Job 5:13
    71%

    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

  • Job 21:20
    71%

    20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

  • Ezek 17:19
    71%

    19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken, I will recompense on his own head.

  • Ps 109:17
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    17As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

  • Ps 11:6
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    6Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.

  • Ps 62:3
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    3How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall all be slain; as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.

  • Ps 64:8
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    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 22:8
    70%

    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 5:22
    70%

    22His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

  • Prov 11:5
    70%

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Ps 94:23
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    23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

  • Job 20:18
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    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Ps 73:10
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    10Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

  • Ps 9:15-16
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    70%

    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

    16The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Prov 25:22
    70%

    22For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Jer 23:19
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    19Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.