Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue seene seruants on horses, and princes walking as seruants on the ground.
Cross References
Judges 9:53But a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his braine pan.
2 Samuel 18:15And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.
Psalms 7:15Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.
Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
Amos 5:19As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit 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 →