Ecclesiastes 10:8

The Scriptures 2009

He who digs a pit falls into it, and whoever breaks through a wall is bitten by a snake.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit falls into it, And whoever rolls a stone, it turns back on him.

Esther 7:10

And they hanged Haman on the wooden structure that he had prepared for Mordeḵai, and the sovereign’s wrath abated.

Amos 9:3

“And if they hide themselves on top of Karmel, from there I shall search, and take them. And if they hide from before My eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I shall command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

Amos 5:19

as when a man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested his hand on the wall, and a serpent shall bite him.

2 Samuel 17:23

And Aḥithophel saw that his advice was not followed, so he saddled his donkey, and rose up and went home to his house, to his city. Then he gave command to his house, and hanged himself, and died. And he was buried in his father’s burial-site.

Judges 9:5

And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Yerubba‛al, on one stone. But Yotham the youngest son of Yerubba‛al was left, because he hid himself.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men who bore Yo’aḇ’s armour went around, and struck Aḇshalom and put him to death.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my footsteps; My being was bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; They fell into the midst of it! Selah.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.

Ecclesiastes 10:9

He who quarries stones is hurt by them. He who splits wood is endangered by it.