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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
Surely, perverse, is my people Me, have they not known, Foolish sons, they are, Yea without understanding, they are: Wise, they are to commit wickedness, But how to do well, they know not!
Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, do not spare, Like a horn, lift high thy voice, - And declare To my people, heir transgression, and To the house of Jacob their sins.
Ezekiel 22:2
Thou therefore son of man, Wt thou judge wt thou judge the city of bloodshed; and cause her to know all her abominations?

Lay wait

Jeremiah 18:22
Let there be heard a cry out of their houses, When thou shalt bring in upon them a troop, suddenly, - Because they digged a pit to capture me, And snares, did they hide for my feet.
1 Samuel 19:10
Saul sought to smite David with the spear, even to the wall, but he slipped away from before Saul, who smote the spear into the wall, - whereas, David, fled and escaped, that night.
Psalm 10:9
He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:
Psalm 64:5
They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?
Proverbs 1:11
If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
Habakkuk 1:14
So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, - like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:

Catch

Luke 5:10
likewise also, both James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon - Do not fear! henceforth, shall thou be taking, men, that they may, live.

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Proverbs 4:17
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.