Proverbs 6:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:3 : 3 he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.
  • Ps 124:7 : 7 We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 6:6-11
    6 verses
    77%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

    7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,

    8yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat.

    9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

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

    3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

    4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Ps 124:7
    76%

    7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

  • Prov 7:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

    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.

  • Prov 1:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    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!

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 91:3
    72%

    3he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

  • Amos 3:5
    71%

    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?

  • Job 6:23
    71%

    23Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

  • Amos 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

    15Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.

  • Job 18:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

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

    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.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

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

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

  • Ps 11:1
    70%

    1For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

  • Jer 48:6
    69%

    6They will hear,‘Run! Save yourselves! Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the wilderness!’

  • Prov 2:16
    69%

    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 2:12
    69%

    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

  • Prov 27:8
    69%

    8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

  • Lam 4:19
    69%

    19ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    69%

    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Job 38:39
    68%

    39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

  • Job 22:10
    68%

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

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Song 8:14
    68%

    14The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

  • Prov 4:15
    68%

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 3:26
    68%

    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

  • Deut 22:6
    68%

    6If you happen to notice a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, you must not take the mother from the young.

  • Prov 22:25
    68%

    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Ps 31:4
    68%

    4You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

  • Prov 5:19
    68%

    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    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.

  • Exod 21:13
    68%

    13But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

  • Ps 140:5
    67%

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