Psalms 35:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.”
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“May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Meet him doth desolation--he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 35:8 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
- 1 Samuel 31:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- 2 Samuel 17:2I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
- 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- 2 Samuel 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Isaiah 47:11But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
- Matthew 27:3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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