Exodus 21:33

The Message

“If someone uncovers a cistern or digs a pit and leaves it open and an ox or donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit must pay whatever the animal is worth to its owner but can keep the dead animal.

Cross References

Psalm 9:15

They’re trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread. They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The shrewd machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.

Proverbs 28:10

Lead good people down a wrong path and you’ll come to a bad end; do good and you’ll be rewarded for it.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Caution: The trap you set might catch you. Warning: Your accomplice in crime might double-cross you.