Psalm 140:5

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 18:9

The trap will take him by the heel, and the snare will prevail against him.

Psalm 119:110

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

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85

The proud have dug pits for me; which is not according to Your law.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way wherein I walk, they have secretly set a snare for me.

Psalm 31:4

Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for You are my strength.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my life.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of the arrogant tread on me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly people; deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, but they have fallen into it themselves.   Selah

Proverbs 24:15

Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; plunder not his resting place,

Proverbs 29:5

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

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

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