Proverbs 26:27
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
In Context
28A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
Psalms 7:15\7:14\That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
Psalms 9:15\9:14\So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
Psalms 57:6\57:5\O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
Proverbs 28:10Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:25-27
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. There is cause to complain, not only of the want of sincerity in men's profession of friendship, and that they do not love so well as they pretend nor will serve their friends so much as they promise, but, which is much worse, of wicked designs in the… Read the whole commentary →