Psalm 7:15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

English Standard Version
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.

New American Standard Bible
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.

King James Bible
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made.

International Standard Version
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

American Standard Version
He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

Darby Bible Translation
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

Young's Literal Translation
A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

Cross References

Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dig a pit before me, into the middle whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Psalm 119:85
The proud have dig pits for me, which are not after your law.

Psalm 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape.

Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Proverbs 11:27
He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks mischief, it shall come to him.

Proverbs 28:10
Whoever causes 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.

Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

7:10-17 David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it. He is slow to punish, and long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish. The sinner is described, ver. 14-16, as taking more pains to ruin his soul than, if directed aright, would save it. This is true, in a sense, of all sinners. Let us look to the Saviour under all our trials. Blessed Lord, give us grace to look to thee in the path of tribulation, going before thy church and people, and marking the way by thine own spotless example. Under all the persecutions which in our lesser trials mark our way, let the looking to Jesus animate our minds and comfort our hearts.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15, 16. 1Sa 18:17; 31:2 illustrate the statement whether alluded to or not. These verses are expository of Ps 7:14, showing how the devices of the wicked end in disappointment, falsifying their expectations.