Ecclesiastes 10:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.”
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“He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 10:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 9:53But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
- 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- 2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Proverbs 26:27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
- Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
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