'Net' in the Bible
"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!
then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."
Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.
Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength.
Let destruction come upon them unawares, and let the net that he hid catch him; let him fall into destruction.
The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.
He sent fire from on high, making it penetrate my bones. He stretched out a net at my feet, forcing me to turn back. He made me desolate; I'm fainting all day long.
But I'll throw my net over him. As a result, he'll be captured with my net, and with it I'll bring him to Babel, the land of the Chaldeans. He won't see it, though he'll die there.
I'll spread my net over him so that he'll be caught in my snare. I'll bring him to Babylon and carry out my sentence there because of his treachery toward me.
The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap.
When they go, I'll cast my net over them. I'll bring them down, as one shoots birds in the sky. I'll chasten them, as the assembly has already heard.
The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.
The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.
Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net, and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet, because by them his assets increase and he gets plenty of food.
Is he to continue to empty his fishing net? Will he ever stop killing entire nations without mercy?"