13 occurrences in 6 translations

'Digging' in the Bible

While Isaac's servants were digging in the valley, they discovered a well with flowing water.

Verse ConceptsExcavation

When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

Verse ConceptsExcavationPeople OpposedPeople Naming Things

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord [in prayer]. He pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

That very same day, Isaac's servants arrived and reported to him about a well that they had just completed digging. "We've found water!" they said.

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

You must have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

Verse ConceptsHealthDefecationTaking Care Of Your Bodycatspoopmovement

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionDigging PitsRollingPit Used As TrapsKarma

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, is to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsValleysWallsVisions From God

Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

Verse ConceptsBlood, as basis of lifeJudged As MurderersNot Helping The Poor

As the digging of a well, is for its waters, So she hath digged for her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually are sickness and smiting.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFountainsWellsContinuing In SinFreshWells, Figurative Use

Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeDigging PitsGod Will No More Be AngryRepaying Evil For Good

And [when] they were not able to bring [him] to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And [after] digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.

Verse ConceptsRooftopCrowdsHousesRoofBedsThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsLowering PeopleDisadvantages Of CrowdsUnable To Do Other ThingsBringing Men To Jesus

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