Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Bible References
But
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.
1 Kings 2:32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and slew them with the sword without my father David knowing of it: Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Psalm 7:16
His work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that digs a pit shall fall into it, and whosoever breaks a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.