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Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.King James Bible
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.American Standard Version
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.Ecclesiastes 10:8 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWhoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him - While spoiling his neighbor's property, he himself may come to greater mischief: while pulling out the sticks, he may be bit by a serpent, who has his nest there. Some have supposed that נחש nachash here means a thorn; perhaps from the similarity of its prick to the serpent's sting. He who forces his way through a hedge will be pricked by the thorns. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge that Judges 9:5,53-57 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being three score and ten persons... 2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home to his house, to his city... 2 Samuel 18:15 And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. Psalm 7:15,16 He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made... Psalm 9:15,16 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken... Proverbs 26:27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return on him. a serpent 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. Amos 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there... Ecclesiastes 10:8 Parallel Commentaries
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Psalm 7:15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
Psalm 57:6 They spread a net for my feet-- I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path-- but they have fallen into it themselves.
Proverbs 11:6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
Proverbs 26:27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.
Ecclesiastes 10:9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
Amos 5:19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.
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