Proverbs 26:27

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it.

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Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.

Be exalted over the heavens, God; may your glory appear above all the earth.

Then I will declare all your praises, sing joyously of your salvation in the gates of daughter Zion.

Those who mislead the upright into an evil way will themselves fall into their own pit, but the blameless will attain prosperity.

By their own iniquities the wicked will be caught, in the meshes of their own sin they will be held fast;

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall, a snake may bite.

Woe to the wicked! It will go ill with them, with the work of their hands they will be repaid.

Jerusalem has stumbled, Judah has fallen; for their speech and deeds affront the Lord, a provocation in the sight of his majesty.