Proverbs 6:5

World English Bible (2000)

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:3 : 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
  • Ps 124:7 : 7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:6-11
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    77%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

    7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

    8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

    9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

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

    11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

    4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

  • Ps 124:7
    76%

    7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

  • Prov 7:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

    23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

  • Prov 1:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

    18but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Ps 141:9-10
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    72%

    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

  • Ps 91:3
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    3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

  • Amos 3:5
    71%

    5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

  • Job 6:23
    71%

    23or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

  • Amos 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

    15neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

  • Job 18:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

    9A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

    10A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

  • Ps 11:1
    70%

    1In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

  • Jer 48:6
    69%

    6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

  • Prov 2:16
    69%

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

  • Prov 12:27
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    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 2:12
    69%

    12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

  • Prov 27:8
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    8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

  • Prov 24:11
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    11Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

  • Lam 4:19
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    19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    69%

    24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

    25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Job 38:39
    68%

    39"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

  • Job 22:10
    68%

    10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Song 8:14
    68%

    14Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

  • Prov 4:15
    68%

    15Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 3:26
    68%

    26for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

  • Deut 22:6
    68%

    6If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young:

  • Prov 22:25
    68%

    25lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

  • Ps 31:4
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    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

  • Prov 5:19
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    19A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

  • Exod 21:13
    68%

    13but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

  • Ps 140:5
    67%

    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.