16 His (A)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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12 The wicked (A)plots against the righteous
    and (B)gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord (C)laughs at the wicked,
    for he sees that his (D)day is coming.

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12 The wicked plot(A) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth(B) at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.(C)

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25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan that 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.

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25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(A) and that he and his sons should be impaled(B) on poles.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king

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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32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.

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12 There (A)the evildoers lie fallen;
    they are thrust down, (B)unable to rise.

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12 See how the evildoers lie fallen—
    thrown down, not able to rise!(A)

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(A)The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by the archers. (B)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these (C)uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, (D)for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword (E)and fell upon it.

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The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded(A) him critically.

Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,(B) or these uncircumcised(C) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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19 Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you (A)and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”

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19 The Lord will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons(A) will be with me. The Lord will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”

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10 And David said, (A)“As the Lord lives, (B)the Lord will strike him, or (C)his day will come to die, (D)or he will go down into battle and perish.

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10 As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike(A) him, or his time(B) will come and he will die,(C) or he will go into battle and perish.

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12 (A)May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you. 13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you.

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12 May the Lord judge(A) between you and me. And may the Lord avenge(B) the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,(C)’ so my hand will not touch you.

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David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, (A)“Bring the ephod here.”

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When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar(A) the priest, “Bring the ephod.(B)

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Behold, (A)I will rebuke your offspring,[a] and (B)spread dung on your faces, the (C)dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.[b] So shall you know that I have sent (D)this command to you, that (E)my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. My covenant with him was one of life and (F)peace, and I gave them to him. (G)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:3 Hebrew seed
  2. Malachi 2:3 Or to it

“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung(A) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(B) And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi(C) may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. “My covenant was with him, a covenant(D) of life and peace,(E) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(F) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.

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  1. Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain

He (A)plots (B)trouble while on his bed;
    he sets himself in (C)a way that is not good;
    (D)he does not reject evil.

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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