Psalms 140:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my ste; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 141:9-9 : 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.
  • Job 18:9 : 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
  • Ps 10:4-9 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 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. 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
  • Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our ste: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 20:20-23 : 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour seadeth a net for his feet.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against emiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

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    6They have prepared a net for my ste; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 141:9-10
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    9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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  • Ps 119:85
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    85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

  • Ps 140:3-4
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their li. Selah.

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  • Job 18:10
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    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 86:14
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    14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

    8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Jer 18:22
    76%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 142:3
    76%

    3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

  • Ps 119:110
    76%

    110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • Ps 31:4
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    4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my ste, when they wait for my soul.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They have now compassed us in our ste: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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    13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desote and faint all the day.

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    11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desote.

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    78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

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    6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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    5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

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    74%

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    74%

    11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

  • Ps 25:15
    74%

    15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

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  • Ps 31:20
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    20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

  • Ps 119:69
    73%

    69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

  • Job 22:10
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    10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He 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.

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    6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

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    5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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