Proverbs 26:27
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
World Messianic 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 malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
Proverbs 28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
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 →