Psalm 140:5
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5 The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread a net,[a]
along the road they have set snares for me. Selah(A)
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- 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net
Psalm 142:3
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3 When my spirit is faint,
you know my way.
In the path where I walk,
they have hidden a trap for me.(A)
Psalm 35:7
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Jeremiah 18:22
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22 May a cry be heard from their houses
when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to catch me
and laid snares for my feet.(A)
Luke 20:20-23
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The Question about Paying Tribute
20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one but teach the way of God in accordance with truth.(A) 22 Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?” 23 But he perceived their craftiness and said to them,
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Jeremiah 18:20
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20 Is evil a recompense for good?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.(A)
Psalm 57:6
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6 They set a net for my steps;
my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah(A)
Luke 11:53-54
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53 When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile to him and began to interrogate him about many things, 54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.(A)
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Proverbs 29:5
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5 Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
Psalm 141:9-10
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9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers.(A)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I alone escape.(B)
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.(A)
4 Our soul has had more than its fill
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.(B)
Psalm 119:110
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110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.(A)
Psalm 119:85
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85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me;
they flout your law.(A)
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