Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Pit » Figurative
A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.
For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.
The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.