Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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- Psalm 7:16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Esther 9:13–14 Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.” So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
- Psalm 109:17–18 The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.