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 foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Lamentations 3:53
They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.

Set

Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Matthew 7:24
"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, will be compared to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Established

Psalm 17:5
My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 18:36
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and he delights in his way.
Psalm 119:133
Establish my footsteps in your word. Do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.

General references

Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, LORD, out of the depths of the pit.
Jonah 2:5
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.