“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him” (Proverbs 26:27).
“You reap what you sow” has been a law of earthly existence since its introduction on the third day of the creation week (Gen. 1:11-12). Since then, there have been many different ways of stating it: “You get what you give”; “What goes around comes around”; “What you put into the world comes back to you”; “The consequences of today are the echoes of yesterday’s actions”; “You brought this on yourself”; “Don’t play with fire and then complain when you get burned”; “Actions have consequences”. In this proverb, Solomon uses two real life scenarios—digging a pit of entrapment and setting a stone to crush another.
When you are plotting to do evil to someone, it will inevitably end up worse for you than for them. The cross at Calvary is the greatest demonstration of how people cut their own throats. For all their plotting and scheming to get Jesus crucified, the Jew ultimately plotted and schemed their own destruction. The stone which was rolled in front of Jesus’ grave to keep intruders out, then sealed by the Roman governor, and guarded by a group of Roman soldiers is crushing, infallible proof of Jesus’ resurrection.
- Who rolled the stone away?
- Who broke the Roman seal (and thus committed a capital offense)?
- Who was arrested of this heinous crime against the powerful Roman government?
- Why would the soldiers need to be bribed if they were telling the truth that “His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept” (Mat. 28:12)?
- Why were no Roman soldiers executed for the self-confessed dereliction of duty (i.e., sleeping on guard duty)?
You will never truly break the law of sowing and reaping, but it will break you if you foolishly think you will be an exception to it. You will cut your own throat.
