Proverbs 6:5

American Standard Version (1901)

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:3 : 3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
  • Ps 124:7 : 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 6:6-11
    6 verses
    77%

    6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

    7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

    8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

  • Ps 124:7
    76%

    7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

  • Prov 7:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

    23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Prov 1:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.

  • Ps 91:3
    72%

    3For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

  • Amos 3:5
    71%

    5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is [set] for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

  • Job 6:23
    71%

    23Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

  • Amos 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

    15neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself] ; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

  • Job 18:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

    9A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.

    10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Ps 11:1
    70%

    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;

  • Jer 48:6
    69%

    6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

  • Prov 2:16
    69%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.

  • Prov 2:12
    69%

    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

  • Prov 27:8
    69%

    8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

  • Lam 4:19
    69%

    19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    69%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Job 38:39
    68%

    39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

  • Job 22:10
    68%

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Song 8:14
    68%

    14Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

  • Prov 4:15
    68%

    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 3:26
    68%

    26For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

  • Deut 22:6
    68%

    6If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

  • Prov 22:25
    68%

    25Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

  • Ps 31:4
    68%

    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

  • Prov 5:19
    68%

    19[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • Exod 21:13
    68%

    13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

  • Ps 140:5
    67%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah