Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Flattery » Danger of
She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him. He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool, until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.
Flattery » Those that flatter with the tongue
He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
Net » Figurative
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them.
And the fishers will mourn, and all of those who cast fishhooks in the Nile will lament, and those who spread out fishing nets on [the] {surface} of [the] water will languish.
I myself found [that] more bitter than death [is] the woman who [is] a trap, whose heart [is] a snare, and whose hands [are] bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.
And then fishers from En Gedi and [on] up to En Eglaim will stand beside it, a sea-girt drying yard for nets; their fish for the dragnets will be {of every kind}, like the fish of the great sea, [and] very many.
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
My eyes [are] continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from [the] net.
[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah
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.
Just as they go, I will cast my net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to a report to their assembly.
Bring me out of [the] net that they have secretly set for me, for you [are] my refuge.
For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life. Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin.
Let [the] wicked fall into their nets, while I escape altogether.
It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,' {declares} the Lord Yahweh. 'And it will become as plunder for the nations,
And I will make you into {a bare rock}, a place for [the] spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Net » A snare for men
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
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.
Snares » Who sets snares
I myself found [that] more bitter than death [is] the woman who [is] a trap, whose heart [is] a snare, and whose hands [are] bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet. In transgression, an evil man [is] a snare, but [the] righteous will sing and rejoice.
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. Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich. They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, {their evil deeds have no limit}. They do not judge [with] justice, [the] legal cause of [the] orphan, or allow it to succeed, and [the] legal case of [the] poor, they do not defend.
Speech/communication » Those that flatter with the tongue
He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.