The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. {direct: Heb. rectify}

The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart {is} snares and nets, {and} her hands {as} bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. {He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit}

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that {it is} an evil {thing} and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear {is} not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {these}; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. {at...: Heb. which he knoweth not of}

The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and {in} the bond of iniquity.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. {He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit}

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

And if {they be} bound in fetters, {and} be holden in cords of affliction;

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; {yea}, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. {direct: Heb. rectify}

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in {their own} naughtiness.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness {shall be} a sure reward.

Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye {this} great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; {out...: Heb. out of the midst of Judah}

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, {and} come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into {their} hands, {from whom} I am not able to rise up.

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. {put out: Heb. bored out}

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;

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. {force...: Heb. humble me} {no such...: Heb. it ought not so to be done}

Righteousness keepeth {him that is} upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. {the sinner: Heb. sin}

In the transgression of an evil man {there is} a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. {Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been}

Thy way and thy doings have procured these {things} unto thee; this {is} thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, {when} the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. {punish: Heb. visit upon} {reward: Heb. cause to return}

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that {it is} an evil {thing} and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear {is} not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}

And he said, This {is} wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.