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18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
    and set an ambush—for their own lives!

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

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10 So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

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He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[a] blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”(A) Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.(B)

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  1. 27.4 Other ancient authorities read righteous

17 If someone is burdened with the blood of another,
    let that killer be a fugitive until death;
    let no one offer assistance.(A)

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22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them,
    and they are caught in the coils of their sin.(A)
23 They die for lack of discipline,
    and because of their great folly they are lost.(B)

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23 But you, O God, will cast them down
    into the lowest pit;
the bloodthirsty and treacherous
    shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.(A)

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17 “Stolen water is sweet,
    and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”(A)
18 But they do not know that the dead[a] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(B)

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  1. 9.18 Heb shades

14 See how they conceive evil
    and are pregnant with mischief
    and bring forth lies.(A)
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
    and fall into the hole that they have made.(B)
16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
    and on their own heads their violence descends.(C)

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