Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Flattery » Danger of
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool to the correction of the stocks. Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
Flattery » Those that flatter with the tongue
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore do not keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Net » Figurative
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
My eyes are ever on the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.
She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it," says the Lord GOD; "and she shall become a spoil to the nations.
I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it,' says the Lord GOD.
Net » A snare for men
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
Snares » Who sets snares
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich. They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Speech/communication » Those that flatter with the tongue
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore do not keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.