Proverbs 26:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.”
Read Proverbs 26:27 in the flow of Proverbs26 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs26 to see the surrounding context.
“He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 26:27 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Esther 9:25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
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