1 Kings 2:44
"The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;"
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- 2 Samuel 16:5
"And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 25:39
"And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 7:16
"His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 17:19
"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head."
Read in chapter → - Romans 2:15
"Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 5:22
"His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins."
Read in chapter → - 1 John 3:20
"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 2:32
"And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 4:9
"And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Read in chapter → - John 8:9
"And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst."
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