He has excavated a cistern and dug it, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

His trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own crown.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, whether green or glowing, He shall sweep it away.

Let them be taken in their pride for the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips, along with the cursing and the lying which they speak.

Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they may not be; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah; even more, the hearts of the sons of men.

Sheol and Abaddon are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Behold, instead of peace I was bitter with bitterness; but You have delighted in delivering my soul from the pit of corruption. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

You shall destroy those who speak lies; Jehovah abhors the man of blood and treachery.

And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Then Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

But Amasa was not aware of the sword that was in Joab's hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on the belt around his waist, and on the sandals on his feet.

Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.

And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Then Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

But Amasa was not aware of the sword that was in Joab's hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on the belt around his waist, and on the sandals on his feet.

Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

The fear of Jehovah prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Do not be overly wicked, and do not be a fool; why should you die before your time?

saying, I have sinned by betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? You see to it.

And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.