Proverbs 26:27
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Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
In other translations
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 28:10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
- Psalm 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalm 7:15-1615 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. 16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalm 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Psalm 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
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