Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk. He follows her impulsively like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding toward a trap until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird darting into a snare- he doesn't know it will cost him his life.

A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping


A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersFlatteryProverbsComplimentsReproving Peoplecriticismrebuking

They prepared a net for my steps;
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!Selah
Verse ConceptsBowingNetsPitsDigging PitsMan TrappingPsalm InterjectionsPit Used As Traps

You lured us into a trap;
You placed burdens on our backs.
Verse ConceptsBackMonotonyGod Appointed AfflictionsGod Trappingpressure

The wicked desire what evil men have,
but the root of the righteous produces fruit.
Verse ConceptsRoots

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them. Verse ConceptsDisastersThe Right TimeThe Insecurity Of The WickedWithheld KnowledgeSudden DestructionSudden EventsUnreadinessNot Knowing The FutureGod TrappingBad DaysHard TimesBirdsGod's TimingTragedyGods TimingFishGetting Through Hard Timessurprises

Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.
Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her. Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

Fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim. These will become places where nets are spread out to dry. Their fish will consist of many different kinds, like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. Verse ConceptsNetsSpreadingSeaMediterranean SeaFishingKinds Of Living Things

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.
Verse ConceptsNets

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
Verse ConceptsNetsPitsHeathenDigging PitsHidden ThingsTrapping OneselfPit Used As Traps

A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping

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The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.Selah
Verse ConceptsHuntingNetsPride, Results OfTrapSnares Laid for PeopleHidden ThingsMan TrappingPsalm Interjections

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

As they are going, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
I will discipline them in accordance
with the news that reaches their assembly.
Verse ConceptsChastisementNetsBirds, Figurative UseAbasing PeopleGod Trapping

then understand that it is God who has wronged me
and caught me in His net.
Verse ConceptsNetsGod TrappingIs God Unjust?


They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause. Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it-to his ruin.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.
Verse ConceptsNetsSuffering, Of The InnocentSin, Consequences OfFruits Of SinLet Evil Rebound

She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “She will become plunder for the nations, Verse ConceptsNetsSpreadingFishing

I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. Verse ConceptsSpreadingNeverEmpty CitiesThings StrippedFishing

They prepared a net for my steps;
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!Selah
Verse ConceptsBowingNetsPitsDigging PitsMan TrappingPsalm InterjectionsPit Used As Traps

It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,
Verse ConceptsNetsInstinctUseless LabourThings Manifest

A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping

Godly people have vanished from the land;
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.
Verse ConceptsHuntingNetsEvil TimesUprightnessPeople WaitingMan TrappingNo One AvailableThe Righteous PerishingGodly ManA Good Man

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her. Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. An evil man is caught by sin, but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

for wicked men live among My people. They watch like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men. Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich. They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of orphans, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.


A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersFlatteryProverbsComplimentsReproving Peoplecriticismrebuking