Proverbs 26:27
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
Young's Literal Translation
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
26Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
Cross References
Esther 7:10And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Psalms 7:15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
Psalms 9:15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Psalms 57:6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
Proverbs 28:10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
Isaiah 3:8For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, 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 →