Proverbs 26:27


Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

Proverbs 28:10


He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

Psalm 7:15-16


He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

Psalm 9:15


The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 10:2


In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 57:6


They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Diggeth

Proverbs 28:10

He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
Psalm 7:15

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psalm 10:2

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.