Lexicon :: Strong's G3803 - pagis

“know for certain that the LORD your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a sharp stick[fn] for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

For his own feet lead him into a net,

and he strays into its mesh.

Therefore snares surround you,

and sudden dread terrifies you,

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;

their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

So he is oppressed and beaten down;

helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.

Let him rain burning coals[fn] and sulfur on the wicked;

let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

My eyes are always on the LORD,

for he will pull my feet out of the net.

You will free me from the net

that is secretly set for me,

for you are my refuge.

They hid their net for me without cause;

they dug a pit for me without cause.

They prepared a net for my steps;

I was despondent.

They dug a pit ahead of me,

but they fell into it!Selah

They adopt[fn] an evil plan;

they talk about hiding traps and say,

“Who will see them? ”[fn]

You lured us into a trap;

you placed burdens on our backs.

Let their table set before them be a snare,

and let it be a trap for their allies.

He himself will rescue you from the bird trap,

from the destructive plague.

The wicked have set a trap for me,

but I have not wandered from your precepts.

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;

the net is torn, and we have escaped.

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;

they spread a net along the path

and set snares for me.Selah

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,

and from the snares of evildoers.

Although my spirit is weak within me,

you know my way.

Along this path I travel

they have hidden a trap for me.

you have been snared by the words of your mouth —

trapped by the words from your mouth.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[fn]

like a bird from a hunter’s trap.[fn]

until an arrow pierces its[fn] liver,

like a bird darting into a snare —

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,

but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped,

but a righteous person escapes from trouble.

A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life,

turning people away from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,

turning people away from the snares of death.

A fool’s mouth is his devastation,

and his lips are a trap for his life.

It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly

and later to reconsider his vows.

Making a fortune through a lying tongue

is a vanishing mist,[fn] a pursuit of death.[fn][fn]

There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked;

the one who guards himself stays far from them.

An evil person is caught by sin,

but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

He will be a sanctuary;

but for the two houses of Israel,

he will be a stone to stumble over

and a rock to trip over,

and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Panic, pit, and trap await you

who dwell on the earth.

But this is a people plundered and looted,

all of them trapped in holes

or imprisoned in dungeons.

They have become plunder

with no one to rescue them

and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back! ”

“for wicked men live among my people.

They watch like hunters[fn] lying in wait.[fn]

They set a trap;

they catch men.

Let a cry be heard from their houses

when you suddenly bring raiders against them,

for they have dug a pit to capture me

and have hidden snares for my feet.

Panic, pit, and trap

await you, resident of Moab.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will put hooks in your jaws

and make the fish of your streams

cling to your scales.

I will haul you up

from the middle of your Nile,

and all the fish of your streams

will cling to your scales.

Hear this, priests!

Pay attention, house of Israel!

Listen, royal house!

For the judgment applies to you

because you have been a snare at Mizpah

and a net spread out on Tabor.

Ephraim’s watchman is with my God.

Yet the prophet encounters a bird trap

on all his pathways.

Hostility is in the house of his God!

Does a bird land in a trap on the ground

if there is no bait for it?

Does a trap spring from the ground

when it has caught nothing?