The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that if found with me, shall be counted stolen.

Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit , Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit , Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

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