So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.

The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

Death is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God.

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

He will destroy them because of those words; all who see them will shake their heads.

So Haman was hanged on the gallows that he had built for Mordecai. Then the king's anger cooled down.

So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick.

But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground.

The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.

The ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire. Then another king will appear; he will be very different from the earlier ones and will overthrow three kings.

Silence those flattering tongues, O LORD! Close those boastful mouths that say,

By the living LORD," David continued, "I know that the LORD himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.

The LORD forbid that I should try to harm the one whom the LORD has made king! Let's take his spear and his water jar, and go."

Wicked people bring about their own downfall by their evil deeds, but good people are protected by their integrity.

"But if a righteous person stops doing good and starts doing all the evil, disgusting things that evil people do, will he go on living? No! None of the good he did will be remembered. He will die because of his unfaithfulness and his sins.

And at the end of that time God's chosen leader will be killed unjustly. The city and the Temple will be destroyed by the invading army of a powerful ruler. The end will come like a flood, bringing the war and destruction which God has prepared.