Psalms 140:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path. In the way in which I walk, They have hidden a snare for me.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the midst of it themselves. Selah.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, For we have endured much contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 141:9-9 : 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.
  • Job 18:9 : 9 A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.
  • Ps 10:4-9 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God. 5 His ways are prosperous at all times; He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight: As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. 6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken; For generations I shall have no trouble." 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. 8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. 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. 10 The helpless are crushed, they collapse, They fall under his strength. 11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it." 12 Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.
  • Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings, 9 From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me. 10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, Yahweh, Confront him, cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, For you are my stronghold.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 20:20-23 : 20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me?
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

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    6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

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    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.

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    85 The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.

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    3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

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

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    14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, And they don't hold regard for you before them.

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    3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, Not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

    8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

  • Jer 18:22
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    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 142:3
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    3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path. In the way in which I walk, They have hidden a snare for me.

  • Ps 119:110
    76%

    110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

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    2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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

  • Ps 38:12
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    12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6 They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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    5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.

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    9 He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.

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    13 From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day.

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    9 From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.

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    11 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

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    78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

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    16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.

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    6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.

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    5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 119:51
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    51 The arrogant mock me excessively, But I don't swerve from your law.

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    11 Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

  • Ps 25:15
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    15 My eyes are ever on Yahweh, For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

  • Job 16:10-11
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    10 They have gaped on me with their mouth; They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

    11 God delivers me to the ungodly, And casts me into the hands of the wicked.

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    2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

  • Job 30:11-12
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    11 For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; And they have thrown off restraint before me.

    12 On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.

  • Ps 31:20
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    20 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

  • Ps 119:69
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    69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

  • Job 22:10
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    10 Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,

  • Ps 10:9
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    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.

  • Ps 73:6
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    6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

  • Ps 38:16
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    16 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

  • Ps 55:3
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    3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

  • Ps 124:5
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    5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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    9 As for the head of those who surround me, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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