18 Bible Verses about Going Down To The Pit

and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'

They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!'

O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'

He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit.

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit.

"Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

"All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

"Edom is there with her kings and all her princes. Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit.

or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).