Ecclesiastes 10:8
"He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him."
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- Proverbs 26:27
"Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 7:15
"He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made."
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:19
"As if a man did flee 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."
Read in chapter → - Esther 7:10
"So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified."
Read in chapter → - Amos 9:3
"And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 9:15
"The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 17:23
"And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father."
Read in chapter → - Judges 9:5
"And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself."
Read in chapter → - Judges 9:53
"And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 18:15
"And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him."
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