Proverbs 26:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you dig a pit, you will fall in; if you start a stone rolling, it will roll back on you.

Cross References

Esther 7:10

Straight away, Haman was hanged on the tower he had built to hang Mordecai, and the king calmed down.

Esther 9:25

Esther went to King Xerxes and asked him to save her people. Then the king gave written orders for Haman and his sons to be punished in the same terrible way that Haman had in mind for the Jews. So they were hanged.

Psalm 10:2

Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

Psalm 57:6

Enemies set traps for my feet and struck me down. They dug a pit in my path, but fell in it themselves.

Psalm 9:15

Our LORD, the nations fell into their own pits, and their feet were caught in their own traps.

Proverbs 28:10

By leading good people to sin, you dig a pit for yourself, but all who live right will have a bright future.

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

If you dig a pit, you might fall in; if you break down a wall, a snake might bite you.

Isaiah 3:11

Tell those who disobey, “You're in big trouble— what you did to others will come back to you.”

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem and Judah, you rebelled against your glorious LORD— your words and your actions, made you stumble and fall.