Pit

“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

…and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

…and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

…the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.

They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

…then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

…to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

…to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

…to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

…to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

…who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

…let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

…then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

…then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:

Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.

Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.

All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”

Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.