Psalms 7:16
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His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
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But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”