Psalm 35:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Surprise them with disaster! Trap them in their own nets and let them fall and rot in the pits they have dug.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that Absalom and the leaders of Israel were not going to follow his advice, he saddled his donkey and rode back to his home in Gilo. He told his family and servants what to do. Then he hanged himself, and they buried him in his family's burial place.

Esther 7:10

Straight away, Haman was hanged on the tower he had built to hang Mordecai, and the king calmed down.

Psalm 57:6

Enemies set traps for my feet and struck me down. They dug a pit in my path, but fell in it themselves.

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot his arrows and quickly wound them.

Psalm 9:15

Our LORD, the nations fell into their own pits, and their feet were caught in their own traps.

Proverbs 29:1

If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds.

Isaiah 47:11

But without warning, disaster will strike— and your magic charms won't help at all.

Luke 21:34

Don't spend all your time thinking about eating or drinking or worrying about life. If you do, the final day will suddenly catch you

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

1 Samuel 18:17

One day, Saul told David, “If you'll be brave and fight the LORD's battles for me, I'll let you marry my eldest daughter Merab.” But Saul was really thinking, “I don't want to kill David myself, so I'll let the Philistines do it for me.”