Proverbs 1:17

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 35:11 : 11 who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”
  • Jer 8:7 : 7 Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the LORD, require of them.

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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

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  • Hab 1:15-17
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    15The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

    16Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.

    17Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?

  • Amos 3:5
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    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?

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    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.

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

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

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

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    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

  • Prov 1:11
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    11If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

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    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    15“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

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  • Isa 29:21
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

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    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.

  • Isa 59:6-7
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    6Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.

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    9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

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    2For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

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

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

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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

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    2Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

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

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    5When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!