Psalms 140:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.

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  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily layde a snare for me.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Haue mercie vpon vs, O Lorde, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffered too much contempt. 4 Our soule is filled too full of ye mocking of the wealthy, & of the despitefulnes of the proude.
  • Ps 141:9-9 : 9 Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie. 10 Let the wicked fall into his nettes together, whiles I escape.
  • Job 18:9 : 9 The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.
  • Ps 10:4-9 : 4 The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God. 5 His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies. 6 He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie. 8 He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore. 9 He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see. 12 Arise, O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
  • Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadowe of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for my soule. 10 They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth. 11 They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground: 12 Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places. 13 Vp Lord, disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde,
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Drawe mee out of the nette, that they haue layde priuilie for mee: for thou art my strength.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he sayde these things vnto them, the Scribes and Pharises began to vrge him sore, and to prouoke him to speake of many things, 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catche some thing of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.
  • Luke 20:20-23 : 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should faine themselues iust men, to take him in his talke, and to deliuer him vnto the power and authoritie of the gouernour. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither doest thou accept mans person, but teachest the way of God truly. 22 Is it lawfull for vs to giue Cesar tribute or no? 23 But he perceiued their craftines, and sayd vnto them, Why tempt ye me?
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not ye foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of ye wicked men moue me.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then sayde they, Come, and let vs imagine some deuice against Ieremiah: for the Lawe shal not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the worde from the Prophet: come, and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his words.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

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  • Ps 57:6
    84%

    6They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie.

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  • Ps 119:85
    80%

    85The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.

  • Ps 140:3-4
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    3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

    4Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.

  • Job 18:10
    78%

    10A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.

  • Ps 86:14
    78%

    14O God, the proude are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men haue sought my soule, and haue not set thee before them.

  • Ps 59:3
    77%

    3For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    7For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.

    8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.

  • Ps 9:15
    76%

    15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

  • Jer 18:22
    76%

    22Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

  • Ps 142:3
    76%

    3Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily layde a snare for me.

  • Ps 119:110
    76%

    110The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

  • Ps 54:3
    76%

    3For strangers are risen vp against me, and tyrants seeke my soule: they haue not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 10:2
    76%

    2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

  • Ps 31:4
    75%

    4Drawe mee out of the nette, that they haue layde priuilie for mee: for thou art my strength.

  • Ps 38:12
    75%

    12They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5Mine owne wordes grieue me dayly: all their thoughtes are against me to doe me hurt.

    6They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.

  • Ps 17:11
    75%

    11They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:

  • Jer 5:26
    75%

    26For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

  • Ps 18:5
    75%

    5The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.

  • Lam 3:9
    75%

    9He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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  • Ps 17:9
    75%

    9From the wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for my soule.

  • Lam 3:11
    74%

    11He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

  • Ps 119:78
    74%

    78Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.

  • Ps 22:16
    74%

    16For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6The sorowes of the graue compassed mee about: the snares of death ouertooke mee.

  • Ps 7:5
    74%

    5Then let the enemie persecute my soule and take it: yea, let him treade my life downe vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 119:51
    74%

    51The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.

  • Ps 36:11
    74%

    11Let not ye foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of ye wicked men moue me.

  • Ps 25:15
    74%

    15Mine eyes are euer towarde the Lorde: for he will bring my feete out of the net.

  • Job 16:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.

    11God hath deliuered me to the vniust, and hath made mee to turne out of the way by the hands of the wicked.

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

    2For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.

  • Job 30:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Because that God hath loosed my corde and humbled mee, they haue loosed the bridle before me.

    12The youth rise vp at my right hand: they haue pusht my feete, and haue trode on me as on the paths of their destruction.

  • Ps 31:20
    73%

    20Thou doest hide them priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

  • Ps 119:69
    73%

    69The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

  • Job 22:10
    73%

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shal suddenly trouble thee:

  • Ps 10:9
    73%

    9He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Ps 73:6
    73%

    6Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.

  • Ps 38:16
    73%

    16For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.

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    73%

    3For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.

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    5Then had the swelling waters gone ouer our soule.

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    9As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.