Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, || And whoever is breaking a hedge, a serpent bites him.
Literal Standard 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 as servants on the earth.
9Whoever is removing stones is grieved by them, || Whoever is cleaving trees endangered by them.
Cross References
Judges 9:53and a certain woman casts a piece of a millstone on the head of Abimelech, and breaks his skull,
2 Samuel 18:15And they go around—ten youths carrying weapons of Joab—and strike Absalom, and put him to death.
Psalms 7:15He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, || And he falls into a ditch he makes.
Psalms 9:15Nations have sunk in a pit they made, || Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
Amos 5:19As [when] one flees from the face of the lion, || And the bear has met him, || And he has come into the house, || And has leaned his hand on the wall, || And the serpent has bitten 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 →