Psalm 7:15
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15 He made a pit and dug it out,
(A)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Job 4:8
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8 Even as I have seen,
(A)Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
Psalm 141:10
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10 (A)Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.
Ecclesiastes 10:8-9
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8 (A)He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.
9 He who quarries stones may be hurt by them,
And he who splits wood may be endangered by it.
Proverbs 26:27
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27 (A)Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Psalm 35:7-8
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7 For without cause they have (A)hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
8 [a]Let (B)destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:8 Lit. Let destruction he does not know come upon him,
Psalm 57:6
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6 (A)They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah
Psalm 10:2
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2 The wicked in his pride [a]persecutes the poor;
(A)Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:2 hotly pursues
Psalm 9:15-16
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15 (A)The [a]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The Lord is (B)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
(C)Meditation.[b] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:15 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion
Proverbs 5:22
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22 (A)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
Esther 7:10
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10 So (A)they (B)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
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Jeremiah 18:20
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20 (A)Shall evil be repaid for good?
For they have (B)dug a pit for my life.
Remember that I (C)stood before You
To speak good [a]for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:20 concerning
Psalm 140:9-10
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9 “As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
10 (A)Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalm 119:85
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85 (A)The proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your law.
Psalm 94:13
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13 That You may give him [a]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
Footnotes
- Psalm 94:13 relief
Job 6:27
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27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you (A)undermine your friend.
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