Proverbs 26:27 · World English Bible
Proverbs 26:27 Meaning Whoever Digs a Pit Shall Fall Into
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
What does Proverbs 26:27 mean?
Every attack is aimed at the self that sends it out. A mind that digs a trap for a brother is really excavating its own guilt, and the fall it planned for him becomes the ground it stands on, for condemnation cannot be laid on another without first being believed about oneself.
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Every attack is aimed at the self that sends it out. A mind that digs a trap for a brother is really excavating its own guilt, and the fall it planned for him becomes the ground it stands on, for condemnation cannot be laid on another without first being believed about oneself. The stone pushed uphill against an enemy is the effort to press one's judgment onto the world, yet the world is only a mirror.
So the weight rolls back upon the hand that moved it. This is why forgiveness releases the one who forgives. Setting the stone down, a mind finds there was never anyone to throw it at.
Pit: the trap of guilt a mind digs for a brother, which is really its own condemnation waiting beneath its feet. Stone: the weight of judgment a mind pushes outward against an enemy, that rolls back upon the one who moved it.
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Live Proverbs 26:27 today
- Think of someone you have quietly wished would fail. Say to yourself that you would rather be free than right, and let the wish go without needing them to change first.
- If you have been preparing a case against someone in your family, stop collecting. Do not bring the file to the next conversation, and have the plain talk instead.
- When a colleague makes you look bad, resist the move that would even it out. Do your own work well, and let the stone stay on the ground where you set it.
What am I still carrying that is heaviest for me?
The same truth in other traditions
Buddhism · Dhammapada
The harm you wish on another circles back and lands on you, the way dust thrown into the wind returns to the thrower.
Hinduism · karma
An action is not finished when it leaves your hand. It keeps traveling and it comes home, which is why what you do to another is also done to you.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
Holding onto anger punishes the one holding it. Setting it down is not a favor to the other person, it is your own release.
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