9 Bible Verses about Snares Laid for People

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do evil.

When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Let an outcry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them,
For they have dug a pit to capture me
And have hidden snares for my feet.

Hear this and pay close attention, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the [pronounced] judgment pertains to you and is meant for you to hear,
Because you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out over Tabor (military strongholds on either side of the Jordan River).