Proverbs 26:27

WEB

²⁷Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

KJV

²⁷Whoso diggeth^[+] a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

BSB

²⁷He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

FBV

²⁷Those who dig pits to trap others will fall in themselves, and those who start boulders rolling will be crushed themselves.

Extra References

Proverbs 28:10

¹⁰Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

Psalms 9:15

¹⁵The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Psalms 7:15-16

¹⁵He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. ¹⁶The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Psalms 10:2

²In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

⁸He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Psalms 57:6

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.

Esther 7:10

¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.