Ecclesiastes 10:8

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Ecclesiastes 10:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

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

9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

10 If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

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Judges 9:5

He 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 9:53

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

Judges 9:54

He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

Judges 9:55

And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

Judges 9:56

In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

Judges 9:57

And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

2 Samuel 17:23

When 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 18:15

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

Esther 7:10

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

Psalms 7:15

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

Psalms 7:16

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Psalms 9:15

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

Psalms 9:16

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Proverbs 26:27

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

Amos 5:19

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 against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Amos 9:3

Though 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.