Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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Cross References
- Proverbs 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
- 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.
- 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.
- Judges 9:53–57 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. …
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour 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.
- Psalms 7:15–16 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. …
- Psalms 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. …
- 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:
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Topics
- Fence Hedge
- Instruction From the study of human nature
- Pit Figurative
- Serpent Subtlety of Serpent
Hebrew and Strong’s
- He that diggeth חֹפֵר ḥōpēr חָפַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- a pit גּוּמָּץ gûmmāṣ גּוּמָּץ Noun · masculine singular
- shall fall בּוֹ bô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular יִפּוֹל yippôl נָפַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- into it; and whoso breaketh וּפֹרֵץ ûpōrēṣ פָּרַץ Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with and
- an hedge גָּדֵר gādēr גָּדֵר Noun · masculine singular
- a serpent נָחָשׁ nāḥāš נָחָשׁ Noun · masculine singular
- shall bite יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ yiššĕkennû נָשַׁךְ Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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