9 Bible Verses about Pits Symbolizing Grief

Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

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.

If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands, Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.

They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off. I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.