Psalm 7:16

New American Bible - revised edition

He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will bring blood upon his own head, because he struck down two men better and more just than himself, and slew them with the sword without my father David’s knowledge: Abner, son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa, son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him: “Thus says the Lord: After murdering, do you also take possession?” And tell him, “Thus says the Lord: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.”

Job 4:8

As I see it, those who plow mischief and sow trouble will reap them.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while only I pass over them safely.

Psalm 35:8

Let ruin overtake them unawares; let the snare they have set catch them; let them fall into the pit they have dug.

Psalm 36:12

Do not let the foot of the proud overtake me, nor the hand of the wicked disturb me.

Psalm 36:4

Empty and false are the words of his mouth; he has ceased to be wise and do good.

Psalm 57:7

They have set a trap for my feet; my soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me. May they fall into it themselves! Selah

Psalm 9:16

The nations fall into the pit they dig; in the snare they hide, their own foot is caught.

Proverbs 1:19

This is the way of everyone greedy for loot: it takes away their lives.

Proverbs 26:27

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

Ecclesiastes 10:8

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

1 Samuel 23:9

When David found out that Saul was planning to harm him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod here.”

1 Samuel 26:10

As the Lord lives,” David declared, “only the Lord can strike him: either when the time comes for him to die, or when he goes out and perishes in battle.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, the Lord will deliver Israel, and you as well, into the hands of the Philistines. By tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and the Lord will have delivered the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”