Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Pit » Figurative
They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.