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82 verses contain “Snare” (in the KJV: 76, in the BSB: 52) — showing 1–82
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And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
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 is in ruins?”
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
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.”
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
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.
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
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.
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
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 a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
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.
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto 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.”
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
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.
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
“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.”
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
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 sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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, to depart 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 destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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 shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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.
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
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.
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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.
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
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.
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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 thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith 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 have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against 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.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
“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 watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
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!
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
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?
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.
Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.
Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare; and anguish shall consume them before they die.
For thou art my defender and helper, and has preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and has been mine helper against mine adversaries:
They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a sore snare:
Also he remembered the injury of the children of Bean, who had been a snare and an offence unto the people, in that they lay in wait for them in the ways.