21 Bible Verses about Excavation

And he said, For you shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth.

The well which the rulers dug, which the nobles of the people dug with their staves by the word of the Lawgiver. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah,

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.

And they dug another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Opposition.

And he moved from there, and dug another well, and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Broad Places. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And Isaac's servants dug a well there.

And all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And He fenced it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with choice vines, and built a tower in its midst, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and He looked for it to produce grapes. And it produced wild grapes.

And He said to me, Son of man, dig in the wall now. And I dug in the wall, and, behold, an opening.

Listen to me, pursuers of righteousness; seekers of Jehovah: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

who is waiting for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for treasures?

If they dig into hell, there My hand shall take them. And if they go up to the heavens, I will bring them down from there.

Hear another parable. There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went into a far country.

But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the earth and hid his lord's silver.

And he bought a linen cloth, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.

And answering, he said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and throw manure.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.

He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death. He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro. As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.read more.
Its stones are the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold. There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it; the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by. He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots. He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing. He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.

He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.