Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Pit » Figurative
They have prepared a net for my steps. I am bowed down. They dig a pit before me. But they have fallen into it.
Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.
A prostitute is a deep pit. An adulterous wife is a well of tribulation.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
They dig out a pit and fall into the hole that they have made. Their mischief returns upon their own heads. Their violence descends on their own heads.
Do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me; neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
The arrogant have dug pits for me. They are not in agreement with your law.
He who digs a pit will fall in it. He who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
People will run out of fear, but they will fall into the pits. Those who climb out of the pits will be caught in the traps.' I will bring the year of punishment to Moab, says Jehovah.
The Proud » General references to
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.
Blessed is the man who has made Jehovah his security. He has not turned to the proud, or to those who turn aside into falsehood.
Even though Jehovah is high above, he sees humble people close up, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.
We are filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
he is proud, knows nothing, has a morbid interest in questions and disputes about words, which leads to envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
But he gives more grace. The scripture said, God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.
The arrogant have dug pits for me. They are not in agreement with your law.
Let the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie. I shall meditate on your precepts.
We call arrogant people happy. Evil people test God's patience with their wicked deeds. They not only get away with it, they also prosper.
Snares laid » General references to
When I begin to lose hope, you already know what I am experiencing. My enemies have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.
Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road.
Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.
The arrogant have dug pits for me. They are not in agreement with your law.
Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.
They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason.
Keep me away from the trap they set for me and from the traps set by troublemakers.
Let an outcry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring raiders upon them. For they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.