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Ben Sira 27:24-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

24 I have hated many things but not as much as him,
    and the Lord hates him as well.(A)
25 A stone falls back on the head of the one who throws it high,(B)
    and a treacherous blow causes many wounds.
26 Whoever digs a pit falls into it,
    and whoever lays a snare is caught in it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:26 This expresses a popular idea of act and consequence; an evil (or good) deed is repaid by an evil (or good) result. The frequent metaphor is the digging of a hole for another to fall into; cf. Prv 26:27; Ps 7:14; 9:16; Eccl 10:8.
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