Job 18:8

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For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:10 : 10 That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
  • Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • Prov 29:6 : 6 In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.
  • Ezek 32:3 : 3 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.
  • Esth 3:9 : 9 If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.”
  • Esth 6:13 : 13 Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him,“If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!”
  • Esth 7:5 : 5 Then King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther,“Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough to act in this way?”
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Job 18:9-11
    3 verses
    89%

    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

    11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

  • 7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • 8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Ps 9:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

    16The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)

  • 22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • 15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

  • Ps 10:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • 8The nations– the surrounding regions– attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

  • 10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • 8Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

  • Prov 1:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

    18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

  • 11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’

  • Prov 29:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • 13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • 15Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

  • 5Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

  • 6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • 23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • 18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • 10That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

  • 22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

  • 2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

  • 26“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

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

  • 18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

  • 5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • 5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • 27And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

  • 6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • 12Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

  • 5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • 9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • 6know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.

  • 9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

  • 13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • 21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • 20I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

  • 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?

  • 27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

  • 13But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans(but he will not see it), and there he will die.

  • 5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.