'Pit' in the Bible

"If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing and left, accompanied by two of his men. They came to the woman at night and said, "Use your ritual pit to conjure up for me the one I tell you."

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.

He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him.

then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

"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?

I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)

Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone -- it will come back on him.

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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

But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!

The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.

They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.

"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

I said, "Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!

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.

Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

(Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit.

The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

The nations -- the surrounding regions -- attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

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.

I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below.

"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.

"Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave; all of them struck down by the sword. They went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, those who spread terror in the land of the living. Now they will bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living. They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit; they are placed among the dead.

"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.

"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.

I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

He said to them, "Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?