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Pit: Figurative

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Psalm 7:15, 16 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. / His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Psalm 40:2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Psalm 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
Psalm 69:15 Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Psalm 119:85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
Proverbs 23:27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
Proverbs 26:27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Proverbs 28:10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Jeremiah 48:44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.