Trap

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

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

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.