Psalms 7:15 · KJV
“He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. {He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit}”
— Psalms 7:15
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms 7 — Context
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. {He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit}
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Cross References
Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Psalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. {escape: Heb. pass over}
Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Ecclesiastes 10:8-9
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Psalms 10:2
The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}
Psalms 35:7-8
For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen {themselves}. Selah.
Psalms 9:15-16
The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.