I read the following verses this morning:

Psalm 7:15-16

15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out

falls into the pit he has made.

16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself;

his violence comes down on his own head.

Proverbs 26:27

27 If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;

if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

These verses hold the biblical principle of Equal Retribution: that if a man digs a pit for another to fall into, or if he sets a trap for another, he will end up falling into it or being trapped by his own trap. I have read these verses over and over and they seem pretty definite. That is, the evil one who tries to trap or destroy another, it will spring back on him.

I immediately thought of what is…