Proverbs 26:27

Ecclesiastes 10:8; Esther 7:10; Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 10:2; Psalms 57:6; Psalms 7:15; Psalms 7:16; Psalms 9:15

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rolleth a stone - The illustration refers, probably, to the use made of stones in the rough warfare of an earlier age. Compare Judges 9:53 ; 2...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shall fall therein. Illustrations: Jacob, who deceived with. kid ( Genesis 27:14 ), was deceived by. kid ( Genesis 37:31 ; Genesis 37:32 ); David...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Whoso diggeth a pit - See note on Psalms 7:15 . There...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ( Psalms...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein, — A simile taken from hunters making pits as traps for wild animals. The same doctrine of retribution being...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to hi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein ,.... That devises mischief against others, it shall come upon himself. The allusion is to the digging of pit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Ver. 27. Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall thereinto. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whoso diggeth a pit That another may fall into it; shall fall therein Himself. For, by the righteous judgment of God, the wicked are not only gen...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. See here, 1. What pains men take to...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whoso diggeth a pit, that another may fall into it. It is a metaphor from hunters, who used to dig deep pits, and then to cover them slightly with...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:23 . Burning lips — i.e. , “lips whence come ardent expressions of friendship.” Silver dross . Impure silver not fre...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour...
The Biblical Illustrator

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Clandestine hatred I. It is often greatly disguised. “Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a pots...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Busybodies
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein, this being the form which the punishment of God will take; and he that rolleth a stone, with the intention...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rolleth — Up the hill with design to do mischief to some person.

²⁷ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 26:27