Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Pit » Figurative
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
And [so] he brought me up from [the] roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.
For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is {an adulteress}.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.
He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made. His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.
[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.
He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
"He [who] flees {before} the dread will fall into the pit, and the [one who] climbs up from the pit will be caught in the trapping net, for I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment," {declares} Yahweh.
The Proud » General references to
"For look! The day [is] about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every {evildoer} will be stubble. The coming day will consume them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch.
Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.
Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.
For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.
he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.
Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me [with] lies. As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"
Snares laid » General references to
When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me;
[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah
Hear this, priests! Give heed, house of Israel! Listen, house of the king! Because the judgment [applies] to you; because you have been a snare for Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor;
[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.
For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.
For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.
Protect me from [the] {grasp} of [the] trap they have laid for me, and [from the] snares of evildoers.
Let a cry for help be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring upon them [the] raiding band, for they have dug a pit to catch me, and they have fixed secretly a trap for my feet.