Jeremiah 5:26

for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

Jeremiah 18:22

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.

1 Samuel 19:10-11

and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night.

Psalm 10:9-10

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

Psalm 64:5

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

Proverbs 1:17-18

It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”

Ezekiel 22:2-12

“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

Habakkuk 1:14-15

You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.

Luke 5:10

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

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Summary

Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

For

Jeremiah 4:22

Isaiah 58:1

Ezekiel 22:2

Lay wait

Catch

Luke 5:10

General references

Proverbs 4:17

Bible References

For

“For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

Lay wait

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.

and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

They encourage each other in an evil plan;

they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.

Catch

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,”

Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

General references

They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.