Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5589 trap

5589 trap

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 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; Isaiah 42:22; Ezekiel 19:4; Amos 3:5

Kinds of traps

Words

Judges 12:5-6; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 12:13; Isaiah 29:21; Jeremiah 9:8; Mark 12:13,15

Actions

Genesis 27:6-12; Genesis 37:23-24; 1 Samuel 28:9; 2 Samuel 21:5; 2 Kings 21:24; Lamentations 1:19; Habakkuk 2:9-11; Luke 22:48

Temptation

1 Timothy 6:9 See also Exodus 23:33; Exodus 34:12; Deuteronomy 7:16,25; Joshua 23:12-13; Judges 2:3; Judges 8:27; Judges 16:15-16; Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 20:25; Proverbs 22:24-25; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ezekiel 13:18; Hosea 5:1

Evil times

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Fear of other people

Proverbs 29:25

Wisdom is alert to traps

1 Chronicles 12:16-17; Proverbs 13:14

Those who trap others have evil hearts

Isaiah 32:7 See also Psalm 36:3-4; Psalm 64:6; Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 16:27-30

Traps prepared by sinners

Against innocent people

Psalm 38:12 See also Genesis 4:8; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Nehemiah 6:1-4; Esther 2:22; Esther 9:25; Job 30:11-12; Psalm 10:2; Psalm 31:13; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 119:110; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 142:3; Jeremiah 5:26; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 18:22; Lamentations 3:60-61; Lamentations 4:20; Daniel 6:4-7; Acts 23:19-21

Against God

Psalm 2:1-2 See also Acts 4:25; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 83:5; Hosea 7:15; Nahum 1:11

Against Jesus Christ

Matthew 22:15 See also Matthew 22:18 pp Mark 12:15; Matthew 26:21,25; Mark 3:6; Luke 20:26; John 8:6; John 18:3-4

Against the truth

The wicked caught in their own traps

Proverbs 28:10 See also Esther 7:10; Job 18:7-10; Psalm 9:16; Proverbs 1:18; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 29:6; Jeremiah 8:9; Daniel 6:24

The devil sets traps

1 Timothy 3:7 See also Acts 13:10; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:26

God sets traps for the wicked

Jeremiah 50:24 See also Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 28:13; Jeremiah 8:9; Jeremiah 48:43-44; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20; Ob 7; Luke 21:34; Romans 11:9; Psalm 69:22

God frees his people from traps

God forbids the trapping of the innocent

Zechariah 8:17

The gospel does not trap people by deception

1 Thessalonians 2:3 See also 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Peter 1:16