Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
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Bible References
Desireth
Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 29:5
A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Psalm 9:15
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalm 10:9
He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.
Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with the hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.