Pit: Figurative

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Verses

11 references
  1. He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
  2. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
  6. The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
  7. For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
  8. He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
  9. He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  10. He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
  11. “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.