Psalms 7:16

He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

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In The King James Version

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

In Context

15Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.

17His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:9And when David had realized that Saul had secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar, the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

1 Samuel 26:10And David said: “As the Lord lives, unless the Lord himself will strike him, or unless his day to die will have arrived, or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,

1 Samuel 31:3And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.

1 Kings 21:19And you shall speak to him, saying: ‘Thus says the Lord: You have killed. Moreover you have also taken possession.’ And after this, you shall add: ‘Thus says the Lord: In this place, where the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, they shall also lick your blood.’”

Esther 9:25And after this, Esther had entered before the king, begging him that his efforts might be made ineffective by the king’s letters, and that the evil he intended against the Jews might return upon his own head. Finally, both he and his sons were fastened to a cross.

Psalms 9:16I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.

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 →

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