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Ecclesiastes 10:8

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He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:6

    Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

  2. Ecclesiastes 10:7

    I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:9

    Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:10

    If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.