'Net' in the Bible

Also make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the grid you are to make four bronze rings at its four corners.

And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the grid will extend halfway up the altar.

“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].

Know then that God has wronged me and overthrown meAnd has closed His net around me.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,For He will bring my feet out of the net.

You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,For You are my strength and my stronghold.

For without cause they hid their net for me;Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;Let the net he hid for me catch him;Into that very destruction let him fall.

They set a net for my steps;My very life was bowed down.They dug a pit before me;Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

You brought us into the net;You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on us.

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

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited netIn the sight of any bird;

Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,He did not know that it would cost him his life.

A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]Is spreading a net for his own feet.

For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.

Your sons have fainted;They lie helpless at the head of every street,Like an antelope in a net,Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord,The rebuke of your God.

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,And it prevailed over them.He has spread a net for my feet;He has turned me back.He has made me desolate and hopelessly miserable,Faint all the day long.

I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment with him there for his treason which he has committed against Me.

‘Then the nations set against him (the king)On every side from the provinces,And they spread their net over him;He was captured in their pit.

Thus says the Lord God,“I will spread out My net over youWith a company of many nations,And they will bring you up in My net.

Hear this and pay close attention, O priests!Give heed, O house of Israel!Listen, O house of the king!For the [pronounced] judgment pertains to you and is meant for you to hear,Because you have been a snare at MizpahAnd a net spread out over Tabor (military strongholds on either side of the Jordan River).

When they go, I will spread My net over them;I will bring them down like birds of the heavens [into Assyrian captivity].I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation (prophecy) to their congregation.

The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.They all lie in wait to shed blood;Each hunts the other with a net.

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,And drag them away with a net,And gather them together in their fishing net;So they rejoice and are glad.

Therefore, they offer sacrifices to their netAnd burn incense to their fishing net;Because through these things their catch is large and they live luxuriously,And their food is plentiful.

Will they continue to empty their netAnd [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?

As Jesus was walking by the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Simon’s brother, Andrew, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat (starboard) and you will find some.” So they cast [the net], and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great catch of fish.

But the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three [of them]; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.