Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pit' occurs 98 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pit' in the standard works and contain 30.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rev. 9:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)


Gen. 37:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

 37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.




Ex. 21:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 24:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 48:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 32:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 77 208 285
Gen. 7 19 26
Ex. 3 10 13
Lev. 1 1 2
Num. 2 50 52
Deut. 0 7 7
Josh. 0 3 3
Judg. 0 11 11
1 Sam. 0 14 14
2 Sam. 3 5 8
1 Kgs. 0 17 17
2 Kgs. 1 4 5
1 Chr. 1 5 6
2 Chr. 0 5 5
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 6 5 11
Ps. 14 7 21
Prov. 6 2 8
Eccl. 1 1 2
Isa. 11 6 17
Jer. 7 10 17
Lam. 0 7 7
Ezek. 13 12 25
Joel 0 1 1
Amos 0 1 1
Jonah 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 2 3
NT 11 32 43
BM 8 50 58
DC 2 3 5
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 98 294 392

Gen. 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Gen. 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

Gen. 13:12
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Gen. 14:10
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Gen. 24:14
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

Gen. 24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Gen. 24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Gen. 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

Gen. 24:18
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

Gen. 24:20
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

Gen. 24:43
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Gen. 24:45
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Gen. 24:46
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

Gen. 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Gen. 26:25
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Gen. 31:25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Gen. 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Gen. 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Gen. 37:22
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Gen. 37:24
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Gen. 37:28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Gen. 37:29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.