Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Net » Figurative
They have prepared a net for my steps. I am bowed down. They dig a pit before me. But they have fallen into it.
The wicked desires the booty of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.
I find what was worse than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape from her. But she will capture the sinner.
From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
My eyes are always on Jehovah. He removes my feet from traps.
Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road.
He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net.
When you go, I will spread my net over you. I will snatch you out of the air like a bird. I will punish you for all the evil things you have done.
You are my refuge. Pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me.
They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason. Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.
Let wicked people fall into their own nets, while I escape unharmed.
She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.'
I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,' declares the Lord Jehovah.
Net » Hidden in a pit
They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason. Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Often sudden and unexpected
But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'
He who is often reprimanded and hardens his neck will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.
Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.