9 Bible Verses about Snares Laid for People

For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.

[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according 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 out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah

Protect me from [the] {grasp} of [the] trap they have laid for me, and [from the] snares of evildoers.

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me;

For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.

Let a cry for help be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring upon them [the] raiding band, for they have dug a pit to catch me, and they have fixed secretly a trap for my feet.

Hear this, priests! Give heed, house of Israel! Listen, house of the king! Because the judgment [applies] to you; because you have been a snare for Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor;