Psalms 7:16

¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

¹⁵ He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

¹⁷ I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
KJV: His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
WEB: The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
ASV: His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
DARBY: His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
BLB: His trouble shall return upon his head, and on the top of his head, his violence shall come down.

ÅB: Den misgjerningen han planla, faller tilbake på hans eget hode,
og over hans egen isse kommer volden han hadde i sinne.
OTB: Hans skade vil vende tilbake på hans eget hode,
Og hans vold vil komme ned på hans egen krone.
B1930: Den ulykke han gikk og tenkte på, faller tilbake på hans hode, og over hans egen isse kommer den vold han hadde i sinne.

Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Psalms 37:12–13
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
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1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
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1 Samuel 28:19
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
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1 Samuel 24:12–13
May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
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Psalms 36:12
There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
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1 Samuel 31:3–4
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
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1 Samuel 26:10
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
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