When all counsel failed, they awaited word from Himself.

He blamed himselfe for the ship's misfortune.

He blamed himself for the mistake.

When the earthquake hit and help seemed unlikely, it turned into every man for himself as people scrambled for safety.

Their behavior at the meeting was every man for himself, with no one willing to help.

I won't intervene this time — give him enough rope and he'll hang himself.

When he spread those lies to ruin her reputation, people remembered the proverb he who digs a pit for others falls in himself, and they turned away from him.