21 Bible Verses about Excavation

He said: You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.

The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father. They filled them with dirt.

The well dug by princes and by leaders of the people, dug with a royal scepter and with their walking sticks. They moved from the wilderness to Mattanah,

Isaac's servants dug in the valley (wadi) (torrent-valley) and found a well of running water.

They dug another well. And they quarreled over that one too. So Isaac named it Sitnah (Accusation).

He moved on from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over this one. So he named it Rehoboth (Roomy). He said: Now Jehovah has made room for us. We will prosper in this land.

Isaac built an altar there and worshiped Jehovah. Then he set up his camp. His servants dug another well.

All the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink because they could not drink any of the water from the river.

He dug the soil all around and removed its stones. He planted it with the choicest vine. And he built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then he expected it to produce good grapes, but it only produced worthless ones.

He said to me: Son of man, dig through the wall. So I dug through the wall, and I saw a door.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek Jehovah. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug out.

They long for death that does not come. They search for it more than for hidden treasure.

Though they dig into the grave my hand will take them. Though they climb to heaven I will bring them down.

Listen to another illustration. A master of a house made a vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to another country.

He who received the one dug a hole in the ground and hid his lord's money.

He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth. Then he laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

But the gardener said: Just give it one more year, sir. I will dig around it, fertilize it and leave it alone.

The servant thought: 'I am fired from my job. What shall I do? I am not strong enough for heavy work and I am ashamed to beg.

There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined.

Humans bring an end to darkness. He searches the black rock to the limit of the gloom. They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. In this shaft men dangle and swing back and forth. Above the ground food grows. Beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire.read more.
That place's stones are sapphire. Its dust contains gold. No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk's eye has ever seen it. No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it. Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base. They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing. They explore the sources of rivers to bring hidden treasures to light.

They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing.