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1 Thessalonians 5 3
When they say,“ Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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Psalms 141:9-10
Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
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Isaiah 47:11
But disaster will happen to you; you will not know how to avert it. And it will fall on you, but you will be unable to ward it off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
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Luke 21:34
“ Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
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Psalms 64:7
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly, they will be wounded.
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Esther 7:10
They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
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1 Samuel 18 17
Saul told David,“ Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife if you will be a warrior for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking,“ I don’t need to raise a hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
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Psalms 57:6
They prepared a net for my steps; I was despondent. They dug a pit ahead of me, but they fell into it! Selah
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Proverbs 29:1
One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly— beyond recovery.
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Proverbs 5:22
A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
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2 Samuel 17 23
When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his house in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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1 Samuel 31 2-1 Samuel 31 4
The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely wounded him.Then Saul said to his armor-bearer,“ Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.
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Psalms 7:15-16
He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made.His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head.
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2 Samuel 18 14-2 Samuel 18 15
Joab said,“ I’m not going to waste time with you!” He then took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s chest. While Absalom was still alive in the oak tree,ten young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
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2 Samuel 17 2-2 Samuel 17 4
I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the kingand bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all the people will be at peace.”This proposal seemed right to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
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Matthew 27:3-5
Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.“ I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.“ What’s that to us?” they said.“ See to it yourself!”So he threw the silver into the temple and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.
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Psalms 9:15
The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
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Psalms 73:18-20
Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin.How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors.Like one waking from a dream, Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.