Psalm 55:23

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Psalm 55:23

God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

Job 15:32

It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who tell lies;
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Isaiah 38:17

Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

2 Samuel 20:9-10

Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

1 Kings 2:5-6

“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.

Psalm 7:15-16

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.

Psalm 25:2

My God, I trust in You.
Do not let me be disgraced;
do not let my enemies gloat over me.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.

Psalm 59:12-13

For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.

Psalm 73:18

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord—
how much more, human hearts.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

Matthew 27:4-5

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

O god

Psalm 7:15

Psalm 58:9

Psalm 59:12

Pit

Proverbs 15:11

Proverbs 27:20

Isaiah 38:17

Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days

General references

2 Samuel 20:12

2 Chronicles 33:24

Proverbs 1:18

Bible References

O god

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.

For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.

Pit

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord

—

how much more, human hearts.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days

You destroy those who tell lies;
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.

Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.

The fear of the Lord prolongs life,

but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

General references

Now Amasa was writhing in his blood in the middle of the highway, and the man had seen that all the people stopped. So he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him because he realized that all those who encountered Amasa were stopping.

So his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.