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
The miry
Established
General references
Bible References
Horrible pit
Matthew 13:50
And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
The miry
Psalm 69:2
My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
Lamentations 3:53
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
Set
Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.
Matthew 7:24
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Established
Psalm 18:36
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
Psalm 119:133
Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.
General references
Lamentations 3:55
I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
Jonah 2:5
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
Matthew 5:4
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.