Ecclesiastes 10:8

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Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:27 : 27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
  • Amos 9:3 : 3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, because he hid.
  • Judg 9:53-57 : 53 a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull. 54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons,“Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say,‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died. 55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. 56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. 57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
  • 2 Sam 18:15 : 15 Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:9
    84%

    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    83%

    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

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

  • Ps 7:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

    16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

  • Prov 28:10
    77%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Job 18:7-10
    4 verses
    77%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Exod 21:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33“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 must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

  • Eccl 10:11
    76%

    11If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.

  • Amos 5:19
    74%

    19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

  • Ps 35:8
    73%

    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Ps 9:15
    72%

    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

  • Prov 22:8
    71%

    8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

  • Jer 8:17
    71%

    17The LORD says,“Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.”

  • Prov 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

    10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Ps 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Prov 23:32
    71%

    32Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

  • Job 20:16
    71%

    16He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

  • Prov 6:15
    71%

    15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

  • Isa 8:15
    70%

    15Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Eccl 10:7
    70%

    7I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like slaves.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Job 4:8
    70%

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

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.

  • Prov 28:18
    69%

    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Isa 30:13
    69%

    13So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

  • Prov 29:1
    69%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Prov 26:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

  • Ps 140:10
    69%

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Ps 89:40
    69%

    40You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

  • Prov 15:19
    69%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Prov 11:29
    69%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 16:27
    69%

    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
    69%

    12So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

  • Ps 64:8
    69%

    8Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

  • Isa 24:17
    68%

    17Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.