Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Flattery » Danger of
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him. He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool; till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
Flattery » Those that flatter with the tongue
He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Net » Figurative
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
And the fishers shall mourn, and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament, and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish.
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will bring my feet out of the net.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard.
Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.
For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul. Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal pass over.
She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil for the nations.
And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Net » A snare for men
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
The godly man hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Snares » Who sets snares
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves. They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
Speech/communication » Those that flatter with the tongue
He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.