Proverbs 26:27
He that diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
Noyes Bible
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
26His hatred is covered by deceit; His wickedness shall be revealed in the great assembly.
28A lying tongue hateth those whom it woundeth, And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Cross References
Psalms 7:15He made a pit and digged it. And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have digged a pit before me, But into it they have themselves fallen.
Proverbs 28:10He that causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way Shall himself fall into his own pit; But the upright shall have good things in possession.
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth, Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah, To provoke his holy eyes.
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 →