Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
*Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will returne vpon him.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceEccles.10.5. psal.17.16. & 9.15.
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- Proverbs 28:10Rank 1 from verse 27
10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
10*Who so causeth the righteous to goe astray in an euill way, he shall fall himselfe into his owne pit: but the vpright shall haue good things in possession.
- Psalms 9:15Rank 2 from verse 27
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15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
15†*He made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, and his violent dealing shall come downe vpon his owne pate.
- Psalms 10:2Rank 4 from verse 27
- Ecclesiastes 10:8Rank 5 from verse 27
- Psalms 57:6Rank 6 from verse 27
6They 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.
6*They haue prepared a net for my steppes, my soule is bowed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselues. Selah.
- Esther 7:10Rank 7 from verse 27
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Proverbs 26:27
Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.
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Third-person singular present form of roll, meaning to turn, move, or wrap over and over.
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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.
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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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26Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
26‖ Whose hatred is couered by deceit, his wickednesse shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
27*Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will returne vpon him.
Selected passage28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruine.