¹⁴ Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
¹⁵ He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.
¹⁶ His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

Cross References

Job 4:8

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

Psalm 119:85

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

Proverbs 26:27

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Job 6:27

“You would even cast lots for the orphans
And barter over your friend.

Psalm 9:15-16

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 10:2

In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 35:7-8

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They dug a pit before me;
They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

Psalm 94:13

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Psalm 140:9-10

“As for the head of those who surround me,
May the mischief of their lips cover them.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by safely.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Ecclesiastes 10:8-9

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.

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