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
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Psalm 7:16
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.