11 Bible Verses about Pit Used As Traps
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Whoso diggeth up a pit, shall fall therein; and he that weltereth a stone, shall stumble upon it himself.
They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into it themselves. Selah.
For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved. Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.
He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.
The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken.
that thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.
Fearfulness, the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou that dwellest upon the earth. It will come to pass, that whoso escapeth the terrible cry, shall fall in to the pit. And if he come out of the pit, he shall be taken with the snare. For the windows above shall be opened, and the foundations of the earth shall move.
Do they not recompense evil for good, when they dig a pit for my soul? Remember, how that I stood before thee, to speak for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. Therefore let their children die of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sword. Let their wives be robbed of their children, and become widows: let their husbands be slain, let their young men be killed with the sword in the field. Let the noise be heard out of their houses, when the murderer cometh suddenly upon them: For they have digged a pit to take me, and laid snares for my feet.
Fear, pit, and snare shall come upon thee, O Moab, sayeth the LORD. Whoso escapeth the fear, shall fall in the pit: and whoso getteth out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare. For I will bring a year of visitation upon Moab, sayeth the LORD.
The heathen heard of him, and took him in their nets, and brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. Now when the dame saw, that all her hope and comfort was away, she took another of her whelps, and made a lion of him. Which went among the lions, and became a fierce lion: learned to spoil, and to devour folk:read more.
he destroyed their palaces, and made their cities waste. Insomuch that the whole land and every thing therein were utterly desolate through the very voice of his roaring. Then came the heathen together on every side out of all countries against him, laid their nets for him, and took him in their pit.
