8 occurrences

'Pits' in the Bible

Now the Valley of Siddim {was full of tar pits}. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and {fell into them}, but the rest fled to the mountains.

Verse ConceptsBitumen and tarMineralsEscaping To MountainsPeople Falling From A HeightPeoples Who FledSurvivors Of The Nations

Now then, come, let us kill him and throw him in one of the pits. Then we will say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what his dreams become."

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals DevouringAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleUnfulfilled Word

[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe ProudSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsPitfalls

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits [from which] they cannot rise.

Verse ConceptsBurning People

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

Verse ConceptsApostasy, Personal WarningsRetributionTrapEnticersDigging Pits

And their nobles send their servants for water. They come to [the] pits, they find no water. They return [with] their vessels {empty}. They are ashamed, and they are confounded, and they cover their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed one of Yahweh, was captured in their pits; of whom we said, "In his shadow we will live among the nations."

Verse ConceptsShadowsTrapThe Lord's Anointed

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