About Pit (Hell)
Word used frequently in the OT to denote the grave, the abode of the dead, or Sheol—that is, a shadowy existence that the living feared because it cut them off from light, joy, and vitality. Godly people abhorred it because it seemed to them that it would negate their fellowship with God: Hezekiah (Is 38:17–18), Job (Jb 17:13–16; 33:22), and the psalmists (Pss 28:1; 30:3; 55:23; 88:4–6).
See also Bottomless Pit; Dead, Place of the; Death; Sheol.
All Scripture References (14)
Job (5)
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Psalms (5)
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Isaiah (2)
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
Ezekiel (1)
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Jonah (1)
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.