30 occurrences

'Dug' in the Bible

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.”

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfExcavationThings As Witnesses

The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s slaves had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

Verse ConceptsExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

Isaac reopened the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

Verse ConceptsStopping WellsPeople Naming ThingsTimes Of People

Then Isaac’s slaves dug in the valley and found a well of spring water there.

Verse ConceptsExcavation

Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also, so he named it Hostility.

Verse ConceptsExcavationPeople OpposedPeople Naming Things

He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Open Spaces and said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialExcavationPotential Of FruitSpacious PlacePeople Naming ThingsFreedomMoving To A New Placespacefruitfulnessland

So he built an altar there, called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s slaves also dug a well there.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

On that same day Isaac’s slaves came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water!”

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink because they could not drink the water from the river.

Verse ConceptsExcavationDrinking WaterUnable To Do Other Things

The princes dug the well;the nobles of the people hollowed it outwith a scepter and with their staffs.They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

Verse ConceptsPrincesSceptreExcavation

houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, wells dug that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesPlanting VineyardsOrchardsCultivationLiving In HousesOlive Trees

I dug wells,and I drank foreign waters.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.

Verse ConceptsdrynessPeople Drying Things UpFeet In ActionFailing Rivers

Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

He dug a pit and hollowed it outbut fell into the hole he had made.

Verse ConceptsDitchesMalicePitsDigging PitsPit Used As Traps

They hid their net for me without cause;they dug a pit for me without cause.

Verse ConceptsNetsSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsMan Trapping

They prepared a net for my steps;I was despondent.They dug a pit ahead of me,but they fell into it!Selah

Verse ConceptsBowingNetsPitsDigging PitsMan TrappingPsalm InterjectionsPit Used As Traps

to give him relief from troubled timesuntil a pit is dug for the wicked.

Verse ConceptsPitsDigging PitsPit Used As TrapsStaying Strong During Hard Times

I dug wells and drank water.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.”

Verse ConceptsdrynessWaterPeople Drying Things Upbridges

Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,you who seek the Lord:Look to the rock from which you were cut,and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Verse ConceptsPursuing GoodRighteousness, Of BelieversExcavationclosure

So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined—of no use at all.

Should good be repaid with evil?Yet they have dug a pit for me.Remember how I stood before Youto speak good on their behalf,to turn Your anger from them.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeDigging PitsGod Will No More Be AngryRepaying Evil For Good

Let a cry be heard from their houseswhen You suddenly bring raiders against them,for they have dug a pit to capture meand have hidden snares for my feet.

Verse ConceptsTrapSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

He said to me, “Son of man, dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and there was a doorway.

Verse ConceptsExcavationThe Act Of OpeningOpening Walls

So I did just as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my bags like an exile’s bags. In the evening I dug through the wall by hand; I took them out in the dark, carrying them on my shoulder in their sight.

Verse ConceptsUsing The DayThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsDarkness Of NightBaggageExile In ProspectSeeing SituationsCarrying Other Loads

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Verse ConceptsTalentsExcavationHidden ThingsOne Material ThingHoles In The GroundGifts And TalentsMoney Blessingsinvestinghiding

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

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsPitsTowersVineyardWinepressFortsDigging PitsTreading GrapesBeginning To TeachJesus Using ParablesLeasingHoles In The Ground

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

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