Ecclesiastes 10:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall, a snake may bite.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not acted upon, he saddled his donkey and departed, going to his home in his own city. Then, having left orders concerning his household, he hanged himself. And so he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:15

When ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers closed in on Absalom, and killed him with further blows,

Psalm 57:6

Be exalted over the heavens, God; may your glory appear above all the earth.

Proverbs 11:6

The justice of the upright saves them, but the faithless are caught in their own intrigue.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it.

Ecclesiastes 10:9

Whoever quarries stones may be hurt by them, and whoever chops wood is in danger from it.

Amos 5:19

As if someone fled from a lion and a bear met him; Or as if on entering the house he rested his hand against the wall, and a snake bit it.

Amos 9:3

Though they hide on the summit of Carmel, there too I will hunt them down and take them; Though they hide from my gaze at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Judges 9:5

He then went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. Only the youngest son of Jerubbaal, Jotham, escaped, for he was hidden.