Proverbs 26:27
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
26He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
28A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.
Psalms 7:15Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
Psalms 9:15Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
Psalms 57:6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
Proverbs 28:10He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.
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 →