Psalms 7:16
\7:15\He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
15\7:14\That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
17\7:16\His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:9And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
1 Samuel 26:10And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.
1 Samuel 31:3And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
1 Kings 21:19Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.
Esther 9:25But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
Psalms 9:16\9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:11-17
The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he… Read the whole commentary →