Ecclesiastes 10:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

Esther 7:10

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

Psalm 57:6

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. Selah.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

Proverbs 26:27

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

Ecclesiastes 10:9

He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

Amos 5:19

As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

Amos 9:3

Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:

Judges 9:5

Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.