'Own' in the Bible

Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

Hold them guilty, O God;Let them fall by their own designs and councils!Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.

His mischief will return on his own head,And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

The Lord has made Himself known;He executes judgment;The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.

For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

In his eyes an evil person is despised,But he honors those who fear the Lord [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],And does not take a bribe against the innocent.He who does these things will never be shaken.

They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyesThinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,And their bow will be broken.

Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,Who ate my bread,Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,Because You favored and delighted in them.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:Forget your people and your father’s house;

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,And their dwelling places to all generations;They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

“You sit and speak against your brother;You slander your own mother’s son.

So they will be caused to stumble;Their own tongue is against them;All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval];God, our God, blesses us.

May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry];They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.

But God led His own people forward like sheepAnd guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.

“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

He has turned back their own wickedness upon themAnd will destroy them by means of their own evil;The Lord our God will wipe them out.

In this way they became unclean in their practices;They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other “gods”].

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His peopleAnd He detested His own inheritance.

Let my attackers be clothed with dishonor,And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

I am Yours, save me [as Your own];For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes,For their deceitfulness is useless.

For the sake of Your servant David,Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me;Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O Lord, endures forever—Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.

“Those who surround me raise their heads;May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets,While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].

The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fallAnd raises up all those who are bowed down.