'Pit' in the Bible

Reuben also said to them, “Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”—intending to rescue him from their hands and return him to his father.

Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

“When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay money to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked—42 men. He didn’t spare any of them.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

then You dip me in a pit of mud,and my own clothes despise me!

and say to corruption: You are my father,and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,

God spares his soul from the Pit,his life from crossing the river of death.

He draws near to the Pit,and his life to the executioners.

and to be gracious to him and say,“Spare him from going down to the Pit;I have found a ransom,”

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,and I will continue to see the light.”

in order to turn him back from the Pit,so he may shine with the light of life.

He dug a pit and hollowed it outbut fell into the hole he had made.

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

Davidic.Lord, I call to You;my rock, do not be deaf to me.If You remain silent to me,I will be like those going down to the Pit.

Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;You spared me from among thosegoing down to the Pit.

“What gain is there in my death,if I go down to the Pit?Will the dust praise You?Will it proclaim Your truth?

They hid their net for me without cause;they dug a pit for me without cause.

He brought me up from a desolate pit,out of the muddy clay,and set my feet on a rock,making my steps secure.

so that he may live foreverand not see the Pit.

God, You will bring them downto the Pit of destruction;men of bloodshed and treacherywill not live out half their days.But I will trust in You.

They prepared a net for my steps;I was despondent.They dug a pit ahead of me,but they fell into it!Selah

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over meor the deep swallow me up;don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.I am like a man without strength,

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,in the darkest places, in the depths.

to give him relief from troubled timesuntil a pit is dug for the wicked.

He redeems your life from the Pit;He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

He sent His word and healed them;He rescued them from the Pit.

Answer me quickly, Lord;my spirit fails.Don’t hide Your face from me,or I will be like thosegoing down to the Pit.

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

For a prostitute is a deep pit,and a stranger is a narrow well;

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,and whoever rolls a stone—it will come back on him.

The one who leads the upright into an evil waywill fall into his own pit,but the blameless will inherit what is good.

The one who digs a pit may fall into it,and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.

But you will be brought down to Sheolinto the deepest regions of the Pit.

But you are thrown out without a grave,like a worthless branch,covered by those slain with the swordand dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.

Panic, pit, and trap await youwho dwell on the earth.

Whoever flees at the sound of panicwill fall into a pit,and whoever escapes from the pitwill be caught in a trap.For the windows are opened from heaven,and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

They will be gathered togetherlike prisoners in a pit.They will be confined to a dungeon;after many days they will be punished.

Indeed, it was for my own welfarethat I had such great bitterness;but Your love has delivered mefrom the Pit of destruction,for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

For Sheol cannot thank You;Death cannot praise You.Those who go down to the Pitcannot hope for Your faithfulness.

The prisoner is soon to be set free;he will not die and go to the Pit,and his food will not be lacking.

Should good be repaid with evil?Yet they have dug a pit for me.Remember how I stood before Youto speak good on their behalf,to turn Your anger from them.

Let a cry be heard from their houseswhen You suddenly bring raiders against them,for they have dug a pit to capture meand have hidden snares for my feet.

He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,and he who climbs from the pitwill be captured in the trap,for I will bring against Moabthe year of their punishment.This is the Lord’s declaration.

They dropped me alive into a pitand threw stones at me.

ק QofI called on Your name, Yahweh,from the depths of the Pit.

When the nations heard about him,he was caught in their pit.Then they led him away with hooksto the land of Egypt.

Then the nations from the surrounding provincesset out against him.They spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.

then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living.

They will bring you down to the Pit,and you will die a violent deathin the heart of the sea.

This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, all the well-watered trees, the choice and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the underworld.

“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit:

Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit,and her company is all around her burial place.All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terrorin the land of the living.

Elam is therewith all her hordes around her grave.All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised,who once spread their terrorin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.

Among the slainthey prepare a resting place for Elamwith all her hordes.Her graves are all around her.All of them are uncircumcised,slain by the sword,although their terror was once spreadin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.They are placed among the slain.

Edom is there, her kings and all her princes,who, despite their strength, have been placedamong those slain by the sword.They lie down with the uncircumcised,with those who descend to the Pit.

All the leaders of the northand all the Sidonians are there.They went down in shame with the slain,despite the terror their strength inspired.They lie down uncircumcisedwith those slain by the sword.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.

I sank to the foundations of the mountains;the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

Therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,the God of Israel—Moab will be like Sodomand the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place overgrown with weeds,a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.The remnant of My people will plunder them;the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.

But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

He also told them a parable: “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?