Thematic Bible: Rope


Thematic Bible



His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

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


His servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life." So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."


“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,


I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.


“Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord.


And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.