Thematic Bible: Snares laid


Thematic Bible



When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysTrapSnares Laid for PeopleGod, All knowingMan TrappingBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

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.
Verse ConceptsHuntingNetsPride, Results OfTrapSnares Laid for PeopleHidden ThingsMan TrappingPsalm Interjections

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.
Verse ConceptsNetsTrapCorrupt PriestsSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.
Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe ProudSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsPitfalls

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapWaitingAmbushSnares Laid for PeopleMan TrappingBirds

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
Verse ConceptsNetsSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsMan Trapping

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not gone astray from Your precepts.
Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Verse ConceptsHuntingSnares Laid for PeopleEscaping The TrapProtection From EnemiesProtection And Safety

May an outcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
For they have dug a pit to capture me
And hidden snares for my feet.
Verse ConceptsTrapSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping


Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTdivorce, amongst believersTestingJewish SectsSnares Laid For ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About ChristWhy People Did Things

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. Verse ConceptsConfrontationPlansTrapSnares Laid For ChristMan TrappingBeware Of Your SpeechMan's Counselpharisees


Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife. Verse ConceptsTestingSnares Laid For ChristQuestioning ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About Christ



So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor. Verse ConceptsGovernorsHope, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristHuman Authority, Nature OfSnares Laid For ChristWatching To EntrapHanding Over ChristSpyingPretendingBeware Of Your Speech

They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. Verse ConceptsFingersAffirmative ActionTrapWritingAccusations, Source OfSnares Laid For ChristTesting ChristWriting On ObjectsFingers Of People