Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
In Context
7I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.
Cross References
Judges 9:53And behold, one woman, throwing a fragment of a millstone from above, struck the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
2 Samuel 18:15ten young men, armor bearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him, they killed him.
Psalms 7:15Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.
Psalms 9:15You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
Amos 5:19It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:5-12
Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones… Read the whole commentary →