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 will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
1 Kings 2:32
The Lord will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
Psalm 7:16
His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.