Lexicon :: Strong's G1706 - empiptō

Now the Siddim Valley contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them,[fn] but the rest fled to the mountains.

“When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

He became very thirsty and called out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory through your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised? ”

Then the Philistine commanders asked, “What are these Hebrews doing here? ”

Achish answered the Philistine commanders, “That is David, servant of King Saul of Israel. He has been with me a considerable period of time.[fn] From the day he defected until today, I’ve found no fault with him.”

David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the LORD’s hands because his mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

“If we say, ‘Let’s go into the city,’ we will die there because the famine is in the city, but if we sit here, we will also die. So now, come on. Let’s surrender to the Arameans’ camp. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, deported the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.

David answered Gad, “I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the LORD’s hands because his mercies are very great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.

They prepared a net for my steps;

I was despondent.

They dug a pit ahead of me,

but they fell into it!Selah

By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped,

but a righteous person escapes from trouble.

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than a fool in his foolishness.

Why does a fool have money in his hand

with no intention of buying wisdom?

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,

and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;

a man cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,

and whoever rolls a stone —

it will come back on him.

The one who leads the upright into an evil way

will fall into his own pit,

but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Happy is the one who is always reverent,

but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

The one who digs a pit may fall into it,

and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

There will be nothing to do

except crouch among the prisoners

or fall among the slain.

In all this, his anger has not turned away,

and his hand is still raised to strike.

Whoever flees at the sound of panic

will fall into a pit,

and whoever escapes from the pit

will be caught in a trap.

For the floodgates on high are opened,

and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

“But disaster will happen to you;

you will not know how to avert it.

And it will fall on you,

but you will be unable to ward it off.[fn]

Devastation will happen to you suddenly

and unexpectedly.

He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,

and he who climbs from the pit

will be captured in the trap,

for I will bring against Moab

the year of their punishment.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

It will be like a man who flees from a lion

only to have a bear confront him.

He goes home and rests his hand against the wall

only to have a snake bite him.