'Caught' in the Bible

On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, "Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed.

So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

But the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grab it by the tail" -- so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand --

So now, send instructions to gather your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person or animal caught in the field and not brought into the house -- the hail will come down on them, and they will die!"'"

"Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.

"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods.

and a man has sexual relations with her without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught --

Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?"

If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord's covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.

When he got home, he told his father and mother, "A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife."

After they had gone a good distance from Micah's house, Micah's neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.

The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.

But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

"Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.

Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

But the Babylonian army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and captured him. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.

So they took all their troops and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the large pool at Gibeon.

Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

(Resh) Our very life breath -- the Lord's anointed king -- was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."

But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans (but he will not see it), and there he will die.

I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

The nations -- the surrounding regions -- attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

"And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you have said: "Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?"'

Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets."

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

Simon Peter told them, "I am going fishing." "We will go with you," they replied. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you have just now caught."

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap.

But these men, like irrational animals -- creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed -- do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,

So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,