Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Bible References
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Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will repay him for his bloodshed because, without my father David's consent he attacked and murdered two men more righteous and better than he, Ner's son Abner, the commander of Israel's army and Jether's son Amasa, commander of Judah's army.
Psalm 7:16
The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may suffer a snake bite.