Psalm 140:5

Good News Translation

The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

Cross References

Job 18:9

a trap catches their heels and holds them.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked lay a trap for me, but I have not disobeyed your commands.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have told lies about me, but with all my heart I obey your instructions.

Psalm 119:85

The proud, who do not obey your law, have dug pits to trap me.

Psalm 142:3

When I am ready to give up, he knows what I should do. In the path where I walk, my enemies have hidden a trap for me.

Psalm 31:4

Keep me safe from the trap that has been set for me; shelter me from danger.

Psalm 35:7

Without any reason they laid a trap for me and dug a deep hole to catch me.

Psalm 36:11

Do not let proud people attack me or the wicked make me run away.

Psalm 43:1

O God, declare me innocent, and defend my cause against the ungodly; deliver me from lying and evil people!

Psalm 57:6

My enemies have spread a net to catch me; I am overcome with distress. They dug a pit in my path, but fell into it themselves.

Proverbs 24:15

Don't be like the wicked who scheme to rob honest people or to take away their homes.

Proverbs 29:5

If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Let's do something about Jeremiah! There will always be priests to instruct us, the wise to give us counsel, and prophets to proclaim God's message. Let's bring charges against him and stop listening to what he says.”

Jeremiah 18:20

Is evil the payment for good? Yet they have dug a pit for me to fall in. Remember how I came to you and spoke on their behalf, so that you would not deal with them in anger.

Jeremiah 18:22

Send a mob to plunder their homes without warning; make them cry out in terror. They have dug a pit for me to fall in and have set traps to catch me.