21 Bible Verses about Excavation

And he said, These seven ewe lambs thou shall take from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.

Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with soil.

the well, which the rulers dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, [and] with their staves. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah,

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

And they dug another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.

And he moved from there, and dug another well, and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of LORD, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well.

And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And he dug it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress in it. And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought fo

Then he said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall. And when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.

Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek LORD. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man who was a house-ruler, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.

But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord's silver.

And having bought fine linen, and having taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher, being that which had been hewn out of rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher.

And having answered, he says to him, Sir, allow it this year also until I may dig around it and cast manure.

And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

[Man] sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn, [paths] forgotten by the foot. They hang afar from men; they swing to and fro. As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.read more.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it. The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby. He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots. He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.