Lexicon :: Strong's H4170 - môqēš

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long must this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Don’t you realize yet that Egypt is devastated? ”

“They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare for you.”

“Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

“You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

“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.

“Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you. They will be thorns[fn] in your sides, and their gods will be a trap for you.”

Gideon made an ephod from all this and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. Then all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.”

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

so that godless men should not rule

or ensnare the people.

Can anyone capture him while he looks on,[fn]

or pierce his nose with snares?

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

They adopt[fn] an evil plan;

they talk about hiding traps and say,

“Who will see them? ”[fn]

Let their table set before them be a snare,

and let it be a trap for their allies.

They served their idols,

which became a snare to them.

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.

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.

or you will learn his ways

and entangle yourself in a snare.

An evil person is caught by sin,

but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

The fear of mankind is a snare,

but the one who trusts in the LORD is protected.[fn]

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.

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?