Proverbs 26:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

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  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    8He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

    9Whoso removes stones shall be hurt by them; and he who splits wood shall be endangered by it.

  • Ps 7:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

  • Prov 26:28
    79%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 28:10
    79%

    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Prov 26:26
    78%

    26Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 16:27
    74%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Exod 21:33
    73%

    33And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

  • Prov 11:27
    72%

    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 26:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17He who passes by and meddles in strife not belonging to him is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Luke 20:18
    72%

    18Whoever falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it falls, it will grind him to powder.

  • Job 18:10
    72%

    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 140:10
    72%

    10Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Ps 35:8
    72%

    8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Matt 21:44
    72%

    44And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.

  • Prov 21:6
    71%

    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Job 18:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

  • Prov 28:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

    18Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 27:12
    71%

    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 29:5
    71%

    5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

  • Prov 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

    10He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 26:8
    70%

    8Like one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Ps 64:8
    70%

    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Prov 26:11
    70%

    11As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

  • Prov 22:8
    70%

    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Prov 26:24
    70%

    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Ps 9:15
    70%

    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

  • Prov 25:26
    69%

    26A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 29:1
    69%

    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 26:22
    69%

    22The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Prov 6:15
    69%

    15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Prov 25:18
    69%

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Num 35:23
    69%

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm: