What does Ecclesiastes 10:8 mean?

Ecclesiastes 10:8 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Ecclesiastes 10:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10If 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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