26 He who digs a pit will fall into it. He who sets a snare will be caught in it. (WEB) 27 He who does evil things, they will roll back upon him, and he will not know where they came from. (WEB) 28 Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant. Vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion. (WEB)
Sirach 27:26–28
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Proverbs 26:26–28
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Ecclesiastes 10:7–9
7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves. 8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake. 9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.
Psalms 7:15–17
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. 16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head. 17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Proverbs 22:7–9
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. 8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
2 Enoch 60:1–3
1 HE who works the killing of a man's soul, kills his own soul, and kills his own body, and there is no cure for him for all time. (2EN) 2 He who puts a man in any snare, shall stick in it himself, and there is no cure for him for all time. (2EN) 3 He who puts a man in any vesse… (2EN)
Isaiah 3:10–12
10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. 11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. 12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your…
Psalms 35:7–9
7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. 8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created. 9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salv…
Job 4:7–9
7 Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed? 8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. 9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they ar…
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