Pit

A hole in the ground

Matthew 15:14 See also Exodus 21:33–34; 2 Samuel 18:17, 2 Samuel 23:20; Matthew 12:11; Mark 12:1; Luke 6:39

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

A pit used as a trap

Psalm 35:7–8 See also Psalm 7:15, Psalm 9:15, Psalm 57:6, Psalm 94:13; Proverbs 26:27; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Isaiah 24:17–18; Jeremiah 18:20–22, Jeremiah 48:43–44; Ezekiel 19:4, Ezekiel 19:8

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

A pit as a symbol of distress or grief

Psalm 40:2 See also Job 9:30–31; Psalm 88:6; Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 23:27; Lamentations 3:53–55; Zechariah 9:11

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.

The pit as a term for the grave

Isaiah 14:15 See also Job 33:18, Job 33:22, Job 33:24, Job 33:28, Job 33:30; Psalm 28:1, Psalm 30:3, Psalm 30:9, Psalm 55:23, Psalm 69:15, Psalm 88:4, Psalm 103:4, Psalm 143:7; Proverbs 1:12; Isaiah 14:19, Isaiah 38:17–18; Ezekiel 26:20, Ezekiel 28:8, Ezekiel 31:14, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 31:18, Ezekiel 32:23–25, Ezekiel 32:29–30; Jonah 2:6

But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

The pit as a symbol of judgment

Isaiah 30:33

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.