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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
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Bible References
For
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Ezekiel 22:2
And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,
Lay wait
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and have hidden snares for my feet.
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.
Psalm 10:9
He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
Psalm 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Habakkuk 1:14
And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
Catch
Luke 5:10
and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.