Proverbs 26:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. 16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

    9Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

  • Ps 7:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

    16Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

  • 28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

  • 10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • 26Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

  • 20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • 27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

  • 33`And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --

  • 27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

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    17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, `Is' a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

    18As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

    19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

  • 18every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

  • 10Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

  • 10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.

  • 18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • 8Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

  • 44and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

  • 6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, `Is' a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

  • Job 18:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

    8For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

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    17A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

    18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

  • 12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

  • 5A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

  • 27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

  • Prov 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

    10Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

  • 8As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So `is' he who is giving honour to a fool.

  • 13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

  • 3A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

  • 8And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

  • 11As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

  • 8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

  • 14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • 24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

  • 15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

  • 26A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked.

  • 1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • 22The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

  • 15Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.

  • 21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • 30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • 18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • 23or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth `it' to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he `is' not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;