Proverbs 26:27

God's Word

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Cross References

Esther 7:10

So servants hung Haman’s ⌞dead body⌟ on the very pole he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king got over his raging anger.

Esther 9:25

But when this came to the king’s attention, he ordered, in the well-known letter, that the evil plan Haman had plotted against the Jews should turn back on his own head. As a result, they hung Haman and his sons on poles.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.

Psalm 57:6

⌞My enemies⌟ spread out a net to catch me. (My soul is bowed down.) They dug a pit to trap me, but then they fell into it. Selah

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden ⌞to trap others⌟.

Proverbs 28:10

Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit, but innocent people will inherit good things.

Proverbs 5:22

A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it. Whoever breaks through a stone wall may be bitten by a snake.

Isaiah 3:11

How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done will be done to them.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against the Lord. They are defiant in his honored presence.