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
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Bible References
For
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'--in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."
Isaiah 58:1
"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, 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 declare to her all her abominations.
Lay wait
Jeremiah 18:22
May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet.
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
Psalm 10:9
he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
Psalm 64:5
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "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 reason;
Habakkuk 1:14
You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
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 be afraid; from now on you will be catching men."
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Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.