1 Kings 2:44

The king also said, “You yourself know all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore, the Lord has brought back your evil on your head,

2 Samuel 16:5-13

When King David got to Bahurim, a man belonging to the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and he was yelling curses as he approached.

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults and restrained His servant from doing evil. The Lord brought Nabal’s evil deeds back on his own head.”

Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.

Psalm 7:16

His trouble comes back on his own head,
and his violence falls on the top of his head.

Ezekiel 17:19

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “As I live, I will bring down on his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

1 Kings 2:32-33

The Lord will bring back his own blood on his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David’s knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

Proverbs 5:22

A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

Hosea 4:9

The same judgment will happen
to both people and priests.
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.

John 8:9

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center.

Romans 2:15

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

1 John 3:20

even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things.

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Summary

1 Kings 2:44

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Thou knowest

General references

Proverbs 24:8

Bible References