He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction!
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!
The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law.
to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
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