Psalm 140:5
New Living Translation
5 The proud have set a trap to catch me;
they have stretched out a net;
they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude
Psalm 142:3
New Living Translation
3 When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
my enemies have set traps for me.
Psalm 35:7
New Living Translation
7 I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.
I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
Jeremiah 18:22
New Living Translation
22 Let screaming be heard from their homes
as warriors come suddenly upon them.
For they have dug a pit for me
and have hidden traps along my path.
Luke 20:20-23
New Living Translation
Taxes for Caesar
20 Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus. 21 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you speak and teach what is right and are not influenced by what others think. You teach the way of God truthfully. 22 Now tell us—is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 He saw through their trickery and said,
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Jeremiah 18:20
New Living Translation
20 Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
Psalm 141:9-10
New Living Translation
9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those who do wrong.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
but let me escape.
Psalm 57:6
New Living Translation
6 My enemies have set a trap for me.
I am weary from distress.
They have dug a deep pit in my path,
but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude
Luke 11:53-54
New Living Translation
53 As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. 54 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
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Jeremiah 18:18
New Living Translation
A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”
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Proverbs 29:5
New Living Translation
5 To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.
Psalm 123:3-4
New Living Translation
3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.
Psalm 119:110
New Living Translation
110 The wicked have set their traps for me,
but I will not turn from your commandments.
Psalm 119:85
New Living Translation
85 These arrogant people who hate your instructions
have dug deep pits to trap me.
Psalm 119:69
New Living Translation
69 Arrogant people smear me with lies,
but in truth I obey your commandments with all my heart.
Psalm 36:11
New Living Translation
11 Don’t let the proud trample me
or the wicked push me around.
Psalm 31:4
New Living Translation
4 Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me,
for I find protection in you alone.
Psalm 17:8-13
New Living Translation
8 Guard me as you would guard your own eyes.[a]
Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
9 Protect me from wicked people who attack me,
from murderous enemies who surround me.
10 They are without pity.
Listen to their boasting!
11 They track me down and surround me,
watching for the chance to throw me to the ground.
12 They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart—
like young lions hiding in ambush.
13 Arise, O Lord!
Stand against them, and bring them to their knees!
Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!
Footnotes
- 17:8 Hebrew as the pupil of your eye.
Psalm 10:4-12
New Living Translation
4 The wicked are too proud to seek God.
They seem to think that God is dead.
5 Yet they succeed in everything they do.
They do not see your punishment awaiting them.
They sneer at all their enemies.
6 They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
We will be free of trouble forever!”
7 Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.[a]
Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
8 They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.
9 Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.
10 Their helpless victims are crushed;
they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
12 Arise, O Lord!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!
Job 18:9
New Living Translation
9 A trap grabs them by the heel.
A snare holds them tight.
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