Ecclesiastes 10:8

New King James Version

He who digs a pit will fall into it, And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to his house, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:9

He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, And he who splits wood may be endangered by it.

Amos 5:19

It will be as though a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him! Or as though he went into the house, Leaned his hand on the wall, And a serpent bit him!

Amos 9:3

And though they hide themselves on top of Carmel, From there I will search and take them; Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea, From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

Judges 9:5

Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.