11 Bible Verses about Worldly Snares

Burn the images of their gods in the fire. Desire neither the silver nor the gold that adorns them, nor take them for yourselves, so you won't be ensnared by them, because the gold and silver is detestable to the LORD your God.

or you may learn his ways and find yourself caught in a trap.

It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

Scornful men enflame a city, but the wise defuse anger.

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

know for certain that the LORD your God will not continue to drive out these nations ahead of you. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you, a whip to your backs, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

"Be very careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, so they won't be a snare among you.

They are not to live in your land. Otherwise they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a snare for you."

They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.