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 do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
1 Kings 2:32
and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
Psalm 7:16
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.