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 shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

The miry

Psalm 69:2
I sink in deep mire where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Lamentations 3:53
Tzaddi They bound up my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Set

Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; in the secret of his tent shall he hide me; he shall set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Matthew 7:24
Therefore, whosoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him unto a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

Established

Psalm 17:5
Sustain my steps in thy ways that my footsteps not slip.
Psalm 18:36
Thou shall enlarge my steps under me, and my knees shall not tremble.
Psalm 37:23
Mem The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.
Psalm 119:133
Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

General references

Lamentations 3:55
Koph I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Jonah 2:5
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul, the depth closed me round about; the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.