Psalms 7:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me. 8 Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.
  • Ps 141:10 : 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
  • 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.
  • Eccl 10:8-9 : 8 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. 9 One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • 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 140:9-9 : 9 As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them! 10 May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)
  • Ps 94:13 : 13 in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
  • 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)
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 7:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

    14See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies–

  • Ps 9:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

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

    16The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)

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

  • Eccl 10:8-9
    2 verses
    80%

    8Wisdom 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.

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

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

  • 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
    78%

    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.

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

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

  • 6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Prov 6:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

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

  • 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,

  • Ps 10:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 15But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.

  • 13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • 9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

  • 15Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

    4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

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

  • 11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • 28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

  • 27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

  • 18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

  • 2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • 8The nations– the surrounding regions– attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

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

  • 7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • 85The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.

  • 7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • 30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • 22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • 14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • 3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

  • 35They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”

  • 5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

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

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

  • 20He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.

  • 14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • 30Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.