Topic
Snare
24 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Amos 3:5Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
- Exodus 10:7ISBE
And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
- 1 Samuel 18:21ISBE
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
- 1 Samuel 28:9ISBE
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
- Job 18:8–10Nave FIGURATIVE — Of the evils in life of wicked people
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
- Psalms 11:6ISBE
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 18:5ISBE
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
- Psalms 91:3Nave FIGURATIVE — Of the devices of evil people to deceive the righteous
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- Proverbs 7:23ISBE
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- Proverbs 13:14ISBE
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 18:7ISBE
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Proverbs 20:25ISBE
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Show 12 more
- Proverbs 22:25 ISBE
- Proverbs 29:25 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 ISBE
- Isaiah 41:22 ISBE
- Jeremiah 5:26 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of the devices of evil people to deceive the righteous
- Jeremiah 18:22 ISBE
- Jeremiah 50:24 ISBE
- Hosea 9:8 ISBE
- Luke 21:34 ISBE
- Romans 11:9 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 7:35 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 3:7 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 27 references
snar (pach; pagis, but brochos, in 1Co 7:35): Over half a dozen Hebrew words are used to indicate different methods of taking birds and animals, of which the snare (pach) is mentioned oftener than any other. It was a noose of hair for small birds, of wire for larger birds or smaller animals. The snares were set in a favorable location and grain scattered to attract the attention of feathered creatures. They accepted the bribe of good feeding and walked into the snare, not suspecting danger. For this reason the snare became particularly applicable in describing a tempting bribe offered by men to lead their fellows into trouble, and the list of references is a long one, all of the same nature. See Ex 10:7; 1Sa 18:21; 28:9; Ps 11:6; 18:5, "snares of death"; used symbolically of anything that may kill: 91:3; 124:7; 140:5; 141:9; Pr 7:23; 13:14; 18:7; 20:25; 22:25; 29:25; Ec 9:12. But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore" (Isa 41:22). Here it is specified that the snare was in a hole so covered as to conceal it. Jer 18:22 clearly indicates that the digging of a pit to take prey was customary, and also the hiding of the snare for the feet. North American Indians in setting a snare usually figure on catching the bird around the neck. Jer 50:24, "I have laid a snare for thee"; Ho 9:8, "A fowler's snare is in all his ways"; Am 3:5 seems to indicate that the snare was set for the feet; Lu 21:34, "But take heed to yourselves, lest haply .... that day come on you suddenly as a snare"; Ro 11:9, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap"; 1Co 7:35, "not that I may cast a snare upon you"; 1Ti 3:7, "the snare of the devil"; also 6:9 "But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition."
Gene Stratton-Porter
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Am 3:5
- → FIGURATIVE
- Of the evils in life of wicked people Job 18:8-10
- Of the devices of evil people to deceive the righteous Ps 91:3; Jer 5:26
- See AMBUSH
- See CONSPIRACY
- See PIT
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.