Bible verse

Psalm 7:16

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

Psalm 7:16 · BSB

Psalm 7:16 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 7.

12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

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.

16 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.

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Psalm 7:16 in other translations

KJV

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

ASV

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

ERV

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

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