Proverbs 6:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:3 : 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome 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 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: 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%

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

    7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

    8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

    9 How 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:

    11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

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

    3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

    4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  • Ps 124:7
    76%

    7 Our 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%

    22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

    23 Till a dart 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%

    17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

    18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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

  • Ps 91:3
    72%

    3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.

  • Amos 3:5
    71%

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

  • Job 6:23
    71%

    23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

  • Amos 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

    15 Neither 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%

    8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

    9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.

    10 The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5 ¶ Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19 As 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 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?

  • Jer 48:6
    69%

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

  • Prov 2:16
    69%

    16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27 ¶ The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;

  • Prov 27:8
    69%

    8 ¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11 ¶ If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;

  • Lam 4:19
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    19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    69%

    24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Job 38:39
    68%

    39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

  • Job 22:10
    68%

    10 Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

  • Song 8:14
    68%

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

  • Prov 4:15
    68%

    15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Prov 3:26
    68%

    26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  • Deut 22:6
    68%

    6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] 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%

    25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

  • Ps 31:4
    68%

    4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

  • Prov 5:19
    68%

    19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Exod 21:13
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    13 And 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%

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