11 Bible Verses about Digging Pits

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember [with compassion] that I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
To turn Your anger away from them.

The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.

He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.

They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

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

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.