Proverbs 26:27

25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

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

28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
KJV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
WEB
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
ASV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
DARBY
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
BLB
The one digging a pit, he will fall into it; and the one rolling a stone, to him it will return.
ÅB
Den som graver en grav, skal falle i den, og den som velter en stein opp, på ham skal den rulle tilbake.
OTB
Den som graver en grop vil falle i den; om noen velter en stein, vil den rulle tilbake på dem.
B1930
Den som graver en grav, skal falle i den, og den som velter en sten op, på ham skal den rulle tilbake.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 28:10

    Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

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  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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  • Psalms 7:15–16

    He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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  • Psalms 10:2

    The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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  • Ecclesiastes 10:8

    He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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  • Psalms 57:6

    They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

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  • Esther 7:10

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

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