Psalm 140:5

God's Word

Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. Selah

Cross References

Job 18:9

A trap catches his heel. A snare holds him.

Psalm 119:110

Wicked people have set a trap for me, but I have never wandered away from your guiding principles.

Psalm 119:69

Arrogant people have smeared me with lies, ⌞yet⌟ I obey your guiding principles with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85

Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings.

Psalm 142:3

When I begin to lose hope, you ⌞already⌟ know what I am experiencing. ⌞My enemies⌟ have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.

Psalm 31:4

You are my refuge, so pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me.

Psalm 35:7

For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.

Psalm 36:11

Do not let the feet of arrogant people step on me or the hands of wicked people push me away.

Psalm 43:1

Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation. Rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

Psalm 57:6

⌞My enemies⌟ spread out a net to catch me. (My soul is bowed down.) They dug a pit to trap me, but then they fell into it. Selah

Proverbs 24:15

You wicked one, do not lie in ambush at the home of a righteous person. Do not rob his house.

Proverbs 29:5

A person who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for him to step into.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Let’s plot against Jeremiah, because the teachings of the priests, the advice of wise people, and the word of the prophets won’t disappear. Accuse him! Pay no attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 18:20

Good should not be paid back with evil. They dig a pit to take my life. Remember how I stood in your presence and pleaded for them in order to turn your anger away from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Make them cry out from their homes when you suddenly send troops against them, because they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet.