Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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- Prov 26:27 : 27 ¶ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
- Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Amos 9:3 : 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
- Judg 9:5 : 5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
- Judg 9:53-57 : 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
- 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
- 2 Sam 18:15 : 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
- Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.
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10 ¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.
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11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
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17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
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15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
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18 ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
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29 ¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
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23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
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27 ¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
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12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
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17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
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27 ¶ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.