Proverbs 26:27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it 1 and the stone will roll back on the one who pushed it. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
26Though his hatred is covered with deception, 1 his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 1
28A lying tongue hates the people it crushes 1 and a flattering mouth brings about ruin.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's rage died down.
Psalms 7:15He digs a pit and hollows it out 1 and then falls into the hole he has made. 1
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; 1 their feet are caught in the net that they hid. 1
Psalms 57:6They spread out a net for my feet; 1 I was distressed. 1 They dug a pit in front of me. 1 They themselves have fallen into the middle of it! Selah 1
Proverbs 28:10Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way 1 will fall into his own pit, 1 but the blameless will have a good inheritance. 1
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, 1 because their speech and their actions are against Yahweh, defying the eyes of his glory. 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 →