Proverbs 11:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
  • Ps 57:6 : 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.
  • Prov 17:11 : 11 ¶ An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 10:2 : 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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