Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5589 trap
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5589 trap

5589 trap

A device used as a snare in hunting or warfare to capture animals or people; a tactic, plot or scheme designed to deceive someone into trouble or sin.

Traps used in hunting and warfare

Job 40:24; Isa 42:22; Eze 19:4; Am 3:5

Kinds of traps

Words Jdg 12:5-6; Pr 6:2; Pr 12:13; Isa 29:21; Jer 9:8; Mk 12:13,15

Actions Ge 27:6-12; Ge 37:23-24; 1Sa 28:9; 2Sa 21:5; 2Ki 21:24; La 1:19; Hab 2:9-11; Lk 22:48

Temptation 1Ti 6:9 See also Ex 23:33; Ex 34:12; Dt 7:16,25; Jos 23:12-13; Jdg 2:3; Jdg 8:27; Jdg 16:15-16; Pr 11:6; Pr 20:25; Pr 22:24-25; Ecc 7:26; Eze 13:18; Hos 5:1

Evil times Ecc 9:12

Fear of other people Pr 29:25

Wisdom is alert to traps 1Ch 12:16-17; Pr 13:14

Those who trap others have evil hearts

Isa 32:7 See also Ps 36:3-4; Ps 64:6; Pr 6:14; Pr 12:20; Pr 16:27-30

Traps prepared by sinners

Against innocent people Ps 38:12 See also Ge 4:8; 2Ch 24:21; Ne 6:1-4; Est 2:22; Est 9:25; Job 30:11-12; Ps 10:2; Ps 31:13; Ps 35:4; Ps 119:110; Ps 140:5; Ps 142:3; Jer 5:26; Jer 9:8; Jer 18:22; La 3:60-61; La 4:20; Da 6:4-7; Ac 23:19-21

Against God Ps 2:1-2 See also Ac 4:25; Ps 21:11; Ps 83:5; Hos 7:15; Na 1:11

Against Jesus Christ Mt 22:15 See also Mt 22:18 pp Mk 12:15; Mt 26:21,25; Mk 3:6; Lk 20:26; Jn 8:6; Jn 18:3-4

Against the truth Hos 9:8 See also Ac 14:5; Ac 20:3; Eph 4:14

The wicked caught in their own traps Pr 28:10 See also Est 7:10; Job 18:7-10; Ps 9:16; Pr 1:18; Pr 5:22; Pr 12:13; Pr 18:7; Pr 29:6; Jer 8:9; Da 6:24

The devil sets traps

1Ti 3:7 See also Ac 13:10; 2Co 2:11; Eph 6:11; 2Ti 2:26

God sets traps for the wicked

Jer 50:24 See also Isa 8:14; Isa 28:13; Jer 8:9; Jer 48:43-44; Eze 12:13; Eze 17:20; Ob 7; Lk 21:34; Ro 11:9; Ps 69:22

God frees his people from traps

Ps 91:3 See also 2Sa 22:5-7; Ne 4:7-9; Job 5:13; Ps 31:4; Ps 124:6-8; Ps 141:9; Pr 3:26

God forbids the trapping of the innocent Zec 8:17

The gospel does not trap people by deception

1Th 2:3 See also 2Co 4:2; 2Pe 1:16

See also

2545Christ, opposition to
4257pit
5342hunting
5425net
5546speech
5798betrayal
5817conspiracies
5969treachery
6145deceit
6248temptation
8277innocence
8754fear

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