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Psalm 7:16
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Psalm 7:16
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16 The trouble they make for others backfires on them.
The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
Psalm 7:16
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Psalm 7:16
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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
Psalm 37:12-13
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Psalm 37:12-13
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12 The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
13 But the Lord just laughs,
for he sees their day of judgment coming.
Psalm 37:12-13
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Psalm 37:12-13
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Esther 9:25
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Esther 9:25
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25 But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.
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Esther 9:25
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Esther 9:25
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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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- Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king
1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will repay him[a] for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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- 2:32 Hebrew will return his blood on his own head.
1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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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.
Psalm 36:12
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Psalm 36:12
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12 Look! Those who do evil have fallen!
They are thrown down, never to rise again.
Psalm 36:12
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Psalm 36:12
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12 See how the evildoers lie fallen—
thrown down, not able to rise!(A)
1 Samuel 31:3-4
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1 Samuel 31:3-4
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3 The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him severely.
4 Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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1 Samuel 31:3-4
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1 Samuel 31:3-4
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3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded(A) him critically.
4 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.
1 Samuel 28:19
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1 Samuel 28:19
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19 What’s more, the Lord will hand you and the army of Israel over to the Philistines tomorrow, and you and your sons will be here with me. The Lord will bring down the entire army of Israel in defeat.”
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1 Samuel 28:19
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1 Samuel 28:19
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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.”
1 Samuel 26:10
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1 Samuel 26:10
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10 Surely the Lord will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.
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1 Samuel 26:10
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1 Samuel 26:10
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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.
1 Samuel 24:12-13
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1 Samuel 24:12-13
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12 “May the Lord judge between us. Perhaps the Lord will punish you for what you are trying to do to me, but I will never harm you. 13 As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.’ So you can be sure I will never harm you.
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1 Samuel 24:12-13
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1 Samuel 24:12-13
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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.
1 Samuel 23:9
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1 Samuel 23:9
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9 But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.
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1 Samuel 23:9
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1 Samuel 23:9
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9 When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar(A) the priest, “Bring the ephod.(B)”
Malachi 2:3-5
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Malachi 2:3-5
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3 I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile. 4 Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites can continue,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
5 “The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.
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Malachi 2:3-5
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Malachi 2:3-5
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3 “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) 4 And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi(C) may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. 5 “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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- Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain
Psalm 36:4
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Psalm 36:4
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4 They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots.
Their actions are never good.
They make no attempt to turn from evil.
Psalm 36:4
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Psalm 36:4
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