Psalm 57:6


They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

Psalm 140:5


The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

Psalm 145:14


The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fall
And raises up all those who are bowed down.

1 Samuel 23:22-26

Go now, be very persistent and investigate, and see where his haunt is and who has seen him there; for I am told he is very cunning.

Psalm 7:15-16


He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

Psalm 9:15-16


The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 35:7-8


For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

Psalm 42:6


O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Psalm 142:3


When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

Psalm 143:4


Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];
My heart grows numb within me.

Proverbs 28:10


He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.

Proverbs 29:5


A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.

Micah 7:2


The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.

Matthew 26:37-38

And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

General references

Bible References

A net

Psalm 7:15

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
1 Samuel 23:22
Go now, be very persistent and investigate, and see where his haunt is and who has seen him there; for I am told he is very cunning.
Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
Micah 7:2

The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.

My soul

Psalm 42:6

O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Psalm 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
Psalm 143:4

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];
My heart grows numb within me.
Matthew 26:37
And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.

General references

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.