When Ahithophel realised that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his home town. He set his house in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who digs a pit may fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who digs a pit [for others] will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence or a [stone] wall, a serpent will bite him. [Ps. 57:6.] American Standard Version (1901) He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. Common English Bible Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. |
When Ahithophel realised that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his home town. He set his house in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
ten young men who were Joab’s armour-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.
The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone – it will come back on him.
The one who quarries stones may be hurt by them; the one who splits logs may be endangered by them.
It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.
If they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will track them down and seize them; if they conceal themselves from my sight on the sea floor, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on top of a large stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid.