Proverbs 6:5
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 91:3 : 3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
- Ps 124:7 : 7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
- Prov 1:17 : 17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
- Ps 11:1 : 1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?
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- Prov 6:6-116 verses77%
6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
- Prov 6:2-43 verses77%
2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
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7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
- Prov 7:22-232 verses73%
22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
- Prov 1:17-182 verses73%
17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
- Ps 141:9-102 verses72%
9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
10 Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
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3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
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5 Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?
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23 Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
- Amos 2:14-152 verses71%
14 And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
15 And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.
- Job 18:8-103 verses71%
8 His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
9 His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
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5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.
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19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
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1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?
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6 Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.
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16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
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27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
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12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
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8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
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11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
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19 Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
- Prov 6:24-263 verses69%
24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
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10 For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
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5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
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14 Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.
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15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
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26 For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.
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6 If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:
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25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.
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4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
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19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
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9 He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.
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13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
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5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)