Psalms 140:5 Cross References - BSB

⁵ The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

⁹ A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

⁴ In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God. ⁵ He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes. ⁶ He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.” ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. ⁸ He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. ⁹ He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. ¹⁰ They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength. ¹¹ He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.” ¹² Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

⁸ Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings ⁹ from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. ¹⁰ They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance. ¹¹ They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, ¹² like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush. ¹³ Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

⁴ You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.

⁷ For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

¹¹ Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

⁶ They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

⁶⁹ Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

³ Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. ⁴ We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

⁹ Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

³ Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

¹⁸ Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

²⁰ Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

²² 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.

⁵³ As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, ⁵⁴ waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

²⁰ So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor. ²¹ “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ²² Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” ²³ But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,