Proverbs 26:27

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

Cross References

Esther 7:10

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

Esther 9:25

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

Psalm 10:2

The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

Psalm 57:6

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. Selah.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

Proverbs 28:10

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

Proverbs 5:22

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

Isaiah 3:11

Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.