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Psalm 7:15

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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The pit’s maker becomes its victim, a stark reversal that exposes the danger of believing harm can be planned without consequences for its author.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Job 4:8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.Both describe wrongdoing returning upon its maker, with a pit in the psalm and sowing and reaping in Job.
Psalm 141:10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.Psalm 141 asks that the wicked fall into their own nets, sharing Psalm 7’s picture of a trap catching its maker.
Proverbs 26:27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.Both describe a pit’s digger falling into it, showing harm returning upon the person who prepared it.
Psalm 35:7–8For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.Both use a dug pit to describe intended harm; Psalm 35 names the innocent target, while Psalm 7 describes the maker’s fall.
Ecclesiastes 10:8–9He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.Both picture a pit’s digger falling into it; Ecclesiastes states the danger as a possibility.
Psalm 10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.Both describe people being caught by their own harmful work, whether pictured as a pit or named as schemes.
Psalm 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.Both describe a pit catching those who dug it, with Psalm 57 also naming the distress of their intended victim.
Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.Both portray wrongdoing trapping the wrongdoer: Psalm 7 uses a pit, while Proverbs describes evil deeds as binding cords.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.Haman’s execution on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai shares the psalm’s reversal: a harmful preparation becomes its maker’s downfall.
Jeremiah 18:20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from …Both describe a pit prepared for harm; Jeremiah pleads for God to remember his good toward those who dug it.
Job 6:27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.Both concern harm done to others; Job names exploitation, without describing the reversal pictured in the psalm.
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Encouragement

The pit’s maker does not stand above the consequences of his violence. In the surrounding lines, this reversal leads to praise for YHWH’s righteousness.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).