Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Horrible pit

Bible References

Horrible pit

Matthew 13:50
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

The miry

Psalm 69:2
I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in th
Lamentations 3:53
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

Set

Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up upon a rock.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I will call to thee when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Matthew 7:24
Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

Established

Psalm 17:5
My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 18:36
Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Psalm 37:23
A man's goings are established by LORD, and he delights in his way.
Psalm 119:133
Establish my footsteps in thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

General references

Lamentations 3:55
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.
Jonah 2:5
The waters encompassed me around, even to the soul. The deep was round about me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.