Exodus 21:33

New International Reader's Version

“Suppose someone uncovers a pit or digs one and does not cover it. And suppose an ox or donkey falls into it.

Cross References

Psalm 119:85

Proud people do what is against your law. They dig pits for me to fall into.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Exodus 21:32

Suppose the bull wounds a male or female slave. Then the owner must pay the slave’s master about 12 ounces of silver. You must kill the bull with stones.

Exodus 21:34

Then the person who opened the pit must pay the animal’s owner for the loss. The dead animal will belong to the person who opened the pit.

Proverbs 28:10

Those who lead honest people down an evil path will fall into their own trap. But those who are without blame will receive good things.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it. Anyone who breaks through a wall might be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should the good things I’ve done be paid back with evil? But my enemies have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood in front of you and spoke up for them. I tried to turn your anger away from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Bring their enemies against them without warning. Let cries be heard from their houses. They have dug a pit to capture me. They have hidden traps for my feet.

Leviticus 24:18

Anyone who kills someone’s animal must pay its owner. A life must be taken for a life.