Psalms 57:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 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.
  • 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.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.
  • Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very distressed. 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me.
  • 1 Sam 23:22-26 : 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; therefore, he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 140:5
    84%

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

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

    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 56:5-7
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    7Shall they escape by iniquity? In your anger, cast down the peoples, O God.

  • Ps 9:15
    80%

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

  • Ps 17:11
    79%

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

  • Ps 59:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

    4They run and prepare themselves without my fault; awake to help me, and see.

  • Jer 18:22
    78%

    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 7:5
    78%

    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 54:3
    77%

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

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Lam 3:53
    77%

    53They cut off my life in the pit and threw a stone upon me.

  • Ps 142:3
    77%

    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 71:10
    76%

    10For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 119:85
    76%

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

  • Ps 63:9
    76%

    9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 31:4
    75%

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

  • Ps 143:3
    75%

    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Ps 38:16
    75%

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

  • Job 19:6
    75%

    6Know now that God has overthrown me and has surrounded me with His net.

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    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.

  • Job 30:13
    75%

    13They mar my path, they advance my calamity, they have no helper.

  • Lam 3:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

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

    12He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

  • Ps 22:16
    75%

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

  • Ps 7:15
    75%

    15He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

  • Ps 70:2
    75%

    2Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and put to confusion, who desire my harm.

  • Lam 3:9
    75%

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

  • Ps 3:2
    74%

    2Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

  • Ps 86:14
    74%

    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 18:38
    74%

    38I have wounded them so that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4Let them be confused and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

  • Ps 88:6
    74%

    6You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    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 25:15
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

  • Job 18:10
    74%

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

  • Ps 57:4
    74%

    4My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  • Job 16:13
    74%

    13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

  • Ps 73:18
    74%

    18Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

  • Job 18:8
    74%

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

  • Ps 40:14
    74%

    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil.

  • Jer 18:20
    73%

    20Shall 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.

  • Ps 118:13
    73%

    13You thrust hard at me that I might fall, but the LORD helped me.