Psalm 140:5
English Standard Version
5 The arrogant have (A)hidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread (B)a net;[a]
beside the way they have set (C)snares for me. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net
Psalm 142:3
English Standard Version
3 When my spirit (A)faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have (B)hidden a trap for me.
Psalm 35:7
English Standard Version
7 For (A)without cause (B)they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug (C)a pit for my life.[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
Jeremiah 18:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)May a cry be heard from their houses,
when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them!
For (B)they have dug a pit to take me
(C)and laid snares for my feet.
Luke 20:20-23
English Standard Version
20 (A)So they (B)watched him and sent spies, who (C)pretended to be sincere, that they might (D)catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of (E)the governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and (F)show no partiality,[a] but truly teach (G)the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give (H)tribute to (I)Caesar, or not?” 23 But he perceived their (J)craftiness, and said to them,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 20:21 Greek and do not receive a face
Jeremiah 18:20
English Standard Version
20 (A)Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet (B)they have dug a pit for my life.
(C)Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.
Psalm 57:6
English Standard Version
6 They set (A)a net for my steps;
my soul was (B)bowed down.
They (C)dug a pit in my way,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
Luke 11:53-54
English Standard Version
53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, 54 (A)lying in wait for him, (B)to catch him in something he might say.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 29:5
English Standard Version
Psalm 141:9-10
English Standard Version
9 Keep me from (A)the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wicked (B)fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.
Psalm 119:110
English Standard Version
Psalm 119:85
English Standard Version
Psalm 119:69
English Standard Version
Psalm 36:11
English Standard Version
11 Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalm 31:4
English Standard Version
Psalm 17:8-13
English Standard Version
8 Keep me as (A)the apple of your eye;
hide me in (B)the shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who do me violence,
my deadly enemies who (C)surround me.
10 (D)They close their hearts to pity;
with their mouths they (E)speak arrogantly.
11 They have now surrounded our (F)steps;
they set their eyes to (G)cast us to the ground.
12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion (H)lurking in ambush.
13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
Psalm 10:4-12
English Standard Version
4 In the pride of his face[a] the wicked does not (A)seek him;[b]
all his thoughts are, (B)“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, (C)out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he (D)puffs at them.
6 He (E)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I (F)shall not meet adversity.”
7 (G)His mouth is filled with cursing and (H)deceit and (I)oppression;
(J)under his tongue are (K)mischief and (L)iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in (M)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like (N)a lion in his (O)thicket;
he (P)lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (Q)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has (R)hidden his face, he (S)will never see it.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
- Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”
Job 18:9
English Standard Version
9 (A)A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare lays hold of him.
Jeremiah 18:18
English Standard Version
18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
Read full chapterThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Bible Gateway Recommends
