Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
BSB
ASV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
KJV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Rolleth a stone - The illustration refers, probably, to the use made of stones in the rough warfare of an earlier age. Compare Jdg 9:53; 2Sa 11:21. The man is supposed to be rolling the stone up to the heights.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
leads to
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
leads to
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Through
Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
leads to
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
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Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
leads to
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
