Psalms 140:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have dug pits for me, which is not according to Your law.
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your 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 scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 141:9-9 : 9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape completely.
  • Job 18:9 : 9 The trap 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; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them. 6 He has 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 sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand; do not forget the humble.
  • Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings. 9 From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me. 10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth. 12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me: for you are my strength.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 20:20-23 : 20 And they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might trap him in his words, so they could deliver him to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 23 But he perceived their trickery, and said to them, Why do you test 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 who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 57:6
    84%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape completely.

  • Ps 119:85
    80%

    85The proud have dug pits for me, which is not according to Your law.

  • Ps 140:3-4
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    80%

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

    4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.

  • Job 18:10
    78%

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

  • Ps 86:14
    78%

    14O God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob of violent men have sought my soul, and have not set You before them.

  • Ps 59:3
    77%

    3For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    77%

    7For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.

    8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Ps 9:15
    76%

    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

  • Jer 18:22
    76%

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

  • Ps 142:3
    76%

    3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me.

  • Ps 119:110
    76%

    110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

  • Ps 54:3
    76%

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

  • Ps 10:2
    76%

    2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Ps 31:4
    75%

    4Pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me: for you are my strength.

  • Ps 38:12
    75%

    12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • Ps 17:11
    75%

    11They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Jer 5:26
    75%

    26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Ps 18:5
    75%

    5The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.

  • Lam 3:9
    75%

    9He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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    75%

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

    14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come upon my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

  • Ps 17:9
    75%

    9From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

  • Lam 3:11
    74%

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Ps 119:78
    74%

    78Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts.

  • Ps 22:16
    74%

    16For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
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    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

  • Ps 7:5
    74%

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

  • Ps 119:51
    74%

    51The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet I have not turned aside from Your law.

  • Ps 36:11
    74%

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

  • Ps 25:15
    74%

    15My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

  • Job 16:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

    11God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

    2For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Job 30:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Because He has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

    12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

  • Ps 31:20
    73%

    20You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall 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 Your precepts with my whole heart.

  • Job 22:10
    73%

    10Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;

  • Ps 10:9
    73%

    9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

  • Ps 73:6
    73%

    6Therefore pride surrounds them as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.

  • Ps 38:16
    73%

    16For I said, 'Hear me, lest otherwise they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.'

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

  • Ps 124:5
    73%

    5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

  • Ps 140:9
    73%

    9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.