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 will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins.
1 Kings 2:32
Jehovah will punish Joab for those murders he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.
Psalm 7:16
Their mischief returns upon their own heads. Their violence descends on their own heads.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.