Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
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- Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
- Amos 5:19 : 19 As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
- Amos 9:3 : 3 And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them.
- Judg 9:5 : 5 and he goeth into the house of his father at Ophrah, and slayeth his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; and Jotham, youngest son of Jerubbaal, is left, for he was hidden.
- Judg 9:53-57 : 53 and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull, 54 and he calleth hastily unto the young man bearing his weapons, and saith to him, `Draw thy sword, and thou hast put me to death, lest they say of me -- A woman slew him;' and his young man pierced him through, and he dieth. 55 And the men of Israel see that Abimelech `is' dead, and go each one to his place; 56 and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren; 57 and all the evil of the men of Shechem hath God turned back on their head, and come unto them doth the cursing of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.
- 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
- 2 Sam 18:15 : 15 And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
- Ps 7:15-16 : 15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. 16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
- Ps 9:15-16 : 15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured. 16 Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
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9 Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.
- Prov 26:27-282 verses83%
27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
28 A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
- Ps 7:15-162 verses80%
15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
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10 Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
- Job 18:7-104 verses77%
7 Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
8 For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
9 Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
10 Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
- Exod 21:33-342 verses76%
33 `And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --
34 the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
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11 If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
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19 As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
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8 Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.
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15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
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8 Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
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17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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9 Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.
10 Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
- Ps 10:9-102 verses71%
9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
10 He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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32 Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
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16 Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
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15 Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.
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15 And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
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20 The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
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7 I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
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5 Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
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8 As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
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15 Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
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18 Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
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13 Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.
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1 A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
- Prov 26:17-182 verses69%
17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, `Is' a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
18 As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
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10 They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.
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40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
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9 Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
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19 The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
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29 Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.
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23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.
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27 A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.
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12 so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.
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8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
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17 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, `Are' on thee, O inhabitant of the land.
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27 Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.