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Psalm 94:23

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.

21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
23He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
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The repeated words “will cut them off” make this ending severe: those who condemn innocent people face God's judgment for their own wickedness.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.Both passages describe wrong returning upon the people who committed it, with their own evil becoming their downfall.
Psalm 34:21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.Both passages connect wickedness with destruction and speak of judgment against those who oppose the righteous.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.Both passages speak of the wicked being brought down, though Proverbs also names refuge in death.
Proverbs 2:22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.Both passages say the wicked will be cut off; Proverbs specifies removal from the land.
Psalm 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.Both passages name God as the one who brings destruction upon people whose deeds involve violence.
Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.Both passages connect the fate of the wicked to their own evil deeds, which turn against them.
Judges 9:56Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;Both texts describe God bringing wickedness back upon its perpetrator; Judges names Abimelech's killing of his seventy brothers.
Psalm 54:5He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.Both passages speak of God repaying evil, and both include the destruction of those who commit it.
1 Samuel 26:10–11David said, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish.Both texts speak of the LORD striking someone down, though David also names other ways that death may come.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.Haman dies on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai, sharing the psalm's pattern of evil returning upon its perpetrator.
Ezekiel 18:24“But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he …Both passages connect judgment with committed iniquity; Ezekiel addresses someone who turns from righteousness to wickedness.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.Both passages describe people receiving the consequences of their own wrongdoing, with Proverbs using the image of eating its fruit.
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Encouragement

This severe ending gives no warrant for personal revenge. Those who condemn the innocent will face judgment for their wickedness, and God himself will carry it out.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).