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Proverbs 26:27

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¶ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Whoso diggeth {H3738} a pit {H7845} shall fall {H5307} therein: and he that rolleth {H1556} a stone {H68}, it will return {H7725} upon him.

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 28:10 (24 votes)

    ¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.

  • Psalms 9:15 (21 votes)

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Psalms 7:15 (19 votes)

    He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.

  • Psalms 7:16 (19 votes)

    His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Psalms 10:2 (17 votes)

    The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:8 (16 votes)

    He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

  • Psalms 57:6 (16 votes)

    They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.