Proverbs 26:27

The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them about plotting evil:

Proverbs 26:27

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rools a stone it will come back on him.

In this proverb the writer gives us a warning as to what happens when we plot evil toward other people. He uses a word-picture to show the character of the evil: The digging of a pit and the rolling of a stone. I would assume the pit is something we hope someone will fall into and the stone is something we hope to have fall on them. But, when we do those things they come back to hurt us (think Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon). The seriousness of the proverb can’t be mistaken. Those who plot evil, though they may look like they are getting away with it, will soon reap its rewards personally. If you are rolling a stone or digging a pit, beware it is about to get you. If you think someone is digging a pit for you, rejoice … you may soon have to lend them a hand to get out of the pit.  This proverb ought to be a warning to us to not find ourselves on the digging of the pit, or rolling the stone.  What we reap, we sow!  We can be assured that those who commence evil will reap evil.  God will judge and bring all into account.