Psalm 140:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Cross References

Job 18:9

A trap will catch him by the heel, and a snare will lay hold on him.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts.

Psalm 119:69

The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:85

The godless and arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed and fainted [throwing all its weight] upon me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 31:4

Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for You are my Strength and my Stronghold.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride overtake me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 43:1

JUDGE and vindicate me, O God; plead and defend my cause against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps; my very life was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way; into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Proverbs 24:15

Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God); destroy not his resting-place;

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his own feet.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then [my enemies] said, Come and let us devise schemes against Jeremiah; for the law [of Moses] shall not perish from the priest [as this false prophet Jeremiah predicts], nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue [making a charge against him to the king], and let us not pay any attention to his words.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. [Earnestly] remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your anger from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

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