Proverbs 26:27
He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
LXX2012 (British)
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 lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
Psalms 7:15He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 1
Psalms 9:15The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken. 1
Psalms 57:6God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions. 1
Proverbs 28:10He that causes upright men to err in an evil way, himself shall fall into destruction: transgressor also shall pass by prosperity, but shall not enter into it.
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem is + 3:8 Or, forsaken, or, let go. ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues have spoken with iniquity, disobedient as they are towards the Lord.
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 →