11 Bible Verses about Worldly Snares

You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.