Proverbs 26:27
He who diggeth a shachat (pit) shall fall therein, 1 and he that rolleth an even (stone), 1 it will roll back upon him. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
26Whose hatred is covered by guile, 1 yet his wickedness shall be exposed before the whole kahal. 1
28A lashon sheker hateth those that are crushed by it; 1 and a flattering peh (mouth) worketh ruin.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on HaEtz that he had prepared for Mordechai. Then was the wrath of HaMelech pacified. + 7:10 Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11
Psalms 7:15Hinei, he + 7:15 an evil person travaileth with iniquity, 1 and hath conceived trouble, and brought forth falsehood. 1
Psalms 9:15That I may show forth all Thy praise in the Sha'arei Bat Tziyon. 1 I will rejoice in Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation). 1
Psalms 57:6Be Thou exalted, O Elohim, above Shomayim; 1 let Thy kavod be above kol ha'aretz. 1
Proverbs 28:10He who causeth the yesharim (upright ones) to go astray in a derech rah, 1 he shall fall himself into his own trap, 1 but the blameless ones shall inherit tov. 1
Isaiah 3:8For Yerushalayim is ruined, 1 and Yehudah fallen; 1 because their leshon and their deeds are against Hashem, 1 to provoke the eyes of His kavod. 1
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 →