Thematic Bible: Rope


Thematic Bible



His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. Selah.


And his servants said unto him, Lo! we pray thee, we have heard, of the kings of the house of Israel, that, kings known for lovingkindness, they are. Let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes about our head, and let us go forth unto the king of Israel, peradventure he will save alive thy soul. So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes about their heads, and came in unto the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant, Ben-hadad, saith, - Let my soul live, I pray thee. And he said, - Is he yet alive? My brother, he is.


But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,


With human cords, used I to draw them, with the bands of love, so became I unto them like those who remove the yoke that was on their jaws, - and, holding out food to him, I let him eat.


Therefore, shalt thou have none to throw a measuring-line by lot, - in the convocation of Yahweh.


And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him, - and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.