Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Catch

General references

Bible References

For

Jeremiah 4:22
For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to do evil,
But to do good they do not know.”
Isaiah 58:1
Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
Ezekiel 22:2
“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

Lay wait

Jeremiah 18:22
May an outcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
For they have dug a pit to capture me
And hidden snares for my feet.
1 Samuel 19:10
Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
Psalm 10:9
He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
Psalm 64:5
They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Habakkuk 1:14
Why have You made men like the fish of the sea,
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?

Catch

Luke 5:10
and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.”

General references

Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.