Ecclesiastes 10:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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  • Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man fled 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 on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left, for he hid himself.
  • Judg 9:53-57 : 53 But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull. 54 Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword and kill me, so that they may not say of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each went to his own place. 56 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in killing his seventy brothers. 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem God brought upon their heads, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came upon them.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
  • 2 Sam 18:15 : 15 And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    9Whoso removes stones shall be hurt by them; and he who splits wood shall be endangered by it.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    83%

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Ps 7:15-16
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    80%

    15He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Job 18:7-10
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    7The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

    9The trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Exod 21:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

    34the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.

  • Eccl 10:11
    76%

    11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

  • Amos 5:19
    74%

    19As if a man fled 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.

  • Ps 35:8
    73%

    8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Ps 9:15
    72%

    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

  • Prov 22:8
    71%

    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Jer 8:17
    71%

    17For behold, I will send serpents, vipers, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.

  • Prov 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

    10He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Ps 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

    10He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Prov 23:32
    71%

    32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.

  • Job 20:16
    71%

    16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Isa 8:15
    70%

    15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Eccl 10:7
    70%

    7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Job 4:8
    70%

    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

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    69%

    15He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 28:18
    69%

    18Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Isa 30:13
    69%

    13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.

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    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 26:17-18
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    69%

    17He who passes by and meddles in strife not belonging to him is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Ps 140:10
    69%

    10Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Ps 89:40
    69%

    40You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strongholds to ruin.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Prov 15:19
    69%

    19The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Prov 11:29
    69%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    23Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.

  • Prov 16:27
    69%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

  • Ps 64:8
    69%

    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Isa 24:17
    68%

    17Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.