Judges 9:56
English Standard Version Anglicised
56 (A)Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will (A)bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men (B)more righteous and better than himself, (C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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Esther 9:25
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25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan which he had devised against the Jews (B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.[a]
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- Esther 9:25 Or suspended on a stake
Psalm 7:16
English Standard Version Anglicised
16 His (A)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
Matthew 23:35-36
English Standard Version Anglicised
35 so that on you may come all (A)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent (B)Abel to the blood of (C)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (D)the sanctuary and (E)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (F)all these things will come upon this generation.
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- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
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