Proverbs 6:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

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
    6 verses
    77%

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

    7 Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

    8 Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

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

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

    11 So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

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

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

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

  • 7 Our 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%

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

    23 Until 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%

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

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

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

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

    10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, While I pass by.

  • 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

  • 5 Can 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?

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

  • Amos 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

    15 Neither 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%

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

    9 A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.

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

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

  • 19 As 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 12 To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things;

  • 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.

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

  • 19 Our 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%

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

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

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

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

  • 10 Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,

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

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

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

  • 26 For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken.

  • 6 If 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:

  • 25 Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.

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

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

  • 9 He 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.

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

  • 5 The 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.