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
for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."
Proverbs 29:5
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
Psalm 9:15
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
Psalm 10:9
He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.
Jeremiah 5:26
For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.
Micah 7:2
The faithful [person] has perished from the land, and there is none who is upright among humankind. All of them lie in wait; each hunts his brother [with] a net.
Habakkuk 1:15
He brings up all of them with a fishhook; he drags them up with a fishnet; he gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore, he rejoices and exults.
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Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.