9 Bible Verses about Pits Symbolizing Grief

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Isaiah 38:17

"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

Proverbs 28:17

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

Job 9:30-31

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye, then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

Psalm 88:6

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

Proverbs 23:27

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Lamentations 3:53-55

They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me. The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die. (Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit.

Zechariah 9:11

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

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