Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Pit » Figurative
They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude
Whoever misleads the upright along an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.
because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may suffer a snake bite.
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made. The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.
The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me disobeying your instruction.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling.
"The one who flees from the terror will fall into a pit. And the one who comes up out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For I'll bring upon her, that is upon Moab, the time of her punishment," declares the LORD.
The Proud » General references to
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
How blessed is that strong person who places his trust in the LORD, and who has not acknowledged the proud nor resorted to lies.
Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.
Our lives overflow with scorn from those who live at ease, with contempt from those who are proud. A Davidic Song of Ascents
he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions,
But he gives all the more grace. And so he says, "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."
The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me disobeying your instruction.
May the arrogant become ashamed, because they have subverted me with deceit; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
and, "Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.'"
Snares laid » General references to
Though my spirit grows faint within me, you are aware of my path. Wherever I go, they have hidden a trap for me.
The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
"Hear this, priests, pay attention, house of Israel, listen, royal family! For judgment is coming your way, because you have been a trap to Mizpah, a snare spread out on Mount Tabor.
The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me disobeying your instruction.
"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.
Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.
Protect me from the trap laid for me and from the snares of those who practice evil.
Let a cry be heard from their houses because you have brought a raiding party against them suddenly. For they have dug a pit to capture me and have set traps for my feet.