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D&C 109:25 · Proverbs 26:27

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 109:25
"that he who diggeth a pit for them shall fall into the same himself"
Old Testament Proverbs 26:27
"Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein"

Shared words: diggeth a pit

'diggeth a pit' stands at exactly three distinct frozen verses in the corpus: this verse, Proverbs 26:27, and Ecclesiastes 10:8 - 'He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it' - which is the same proverb in a second wording. The prayer adds what neither proverb has: the pit is dug 'for them', a specific people, and the digger falls in 'himself'. A third statement of the figure, without the digging verb, stands at Psalms 7:15. Counts are of distinct frozen verses in the corpus, derived by search at the time of writing.

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