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 prison: 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
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Set

Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth will I cry to thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Matthew 7:24
Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:

Established

Psalm 17:5
Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Psalm 18:36
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Psalm 119:133
Order my steps 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 low dungeon.
Jonah 2:5
The waters encompassed me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.