Psalms 7:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

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  • Esth 9:25 : 25 and in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, `Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,' and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree,
  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
  • Ps 36:12 : 12 There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!
  • Ps 37:12-13 : 12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. 13 The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
  • Mal 2:3-5 : 3 Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it. 4 And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts. 5 My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.'
  • 1 Sam 24:12-13 : 12 `Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee; 13 as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.
  • 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 And David saith, `Jehovah liveth; except Jehovah doth smite him, or his day come that he hath died, or into battle he go down, and hath been consumed --
  • 1 Sam 28:19 : 19 yea, Jehovah giveth also Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow thou and thy sons `are' with me; also the camp of Israel doth Jehovah give into the hand of the Philistines.'
  • 1 Sam 31:3-4 : 3 And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers; 4 and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 7:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14Lo, he travaileth `with' iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.

    15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

  • Obad 1:15
    76%

    15For near `is' the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

  • Ps 140:9-11
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    76%

    9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

    10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.

    11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

  • Prov 26:26-27
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    76%

    26Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

    27Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

  • Ps 35:8
    75%

    8Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

  • Prov 6:15
    75%

    15Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.

  • Job 18:7-8
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    74%

    7Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

    8For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

  • Prov 10:6
    74%

    6Blessings `are' for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

  • Prov 28:10
    74%

    10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • Ps 68:21
    73%

    21Only -- God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    73%

    44And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didest to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head,

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

  • Ps 10:7
    72%

    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Job 18:16
    72%

    16From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

  • Job 21:31
    71%

    31Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

  • Job 20:27
    71%

    27Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 16:30
    71%

    30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • Job 5:13
    71%

    13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

  • Job 21:20
    71%

    20His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

  • Ezek 17:19
    71%

    19Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live -- Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on his head?

  • Ps 109:17
    71%

    17And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

  • Eccl 10:8
    71%

    8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

  • Ps 11:6
    70%

    6He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind `is' the portion of their cup.

  • Ps 62:3
    70%

    3Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

  • Ps 64:8
    70%

    8And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

  • Prov 21:7
    70%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 22:8
    70%

    8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

  • Prov 5:22
    70%

    22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

  • Prov 11:5
    70%

    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

  • Ps 94:23
    70%

    23And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

  • Job 20:18
    70%

    18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

  • Ps 73:10
    70%

    10Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

  • Prov 28:17
    70%

    17A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

  • Ps 9:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

    16Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

  • Prov 25:22
    70%

    22For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.

  • Job 36:17
    69%

    17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

  • Jer 23:19
    69%

    19Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah -- Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.

  • Prov 11:27
    69%

    27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

  • Prov 11:29
    69%

    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

  • Ps 36:3
    69%

    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.