Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Cross References (10)

  • Proverbs 26:27 (11)

    He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

  • Psalms 7:15–16 (8)

    He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

  • Amos 5:19 (6)

    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand agains

  • Esther 7:10 (6)

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

  • Psalms 9:15–16 (5)

    The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

  • Amos 9:3 (5)

    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bot

  • 2 Samuel 17:23 (5)

    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometo

  • Judges 9:5 (4)

    He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Joth

  • Judges 9:53–57 (4)

    But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

  • 2 Samuel 18:15 (2)

    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.