'Net' in the Bible

You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,And he steps on the webbing.

Know then that God has wronged meAnd has closed His net around me.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;He lurks to catch the afflicted;He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,For You are my strength.

For without cause they hid their net for me;Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him unawares,And let the net which he hid catch himself;Into that very destruction let him fall.

They have prepared a net for my steps;My soul is bowed down;They dug a pit before me;They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

You brought us into the net;You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;They have spread a net by the wayside;They have set snares for me. Selah.

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited netIn the sight of any bird;

A man who flatters his neighborIs spreading a net for his steps.

Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

Your sons have fainted,They lie helpless at the head of every street,Like an antelope in a net,Full of the wrath of the Lord,The rebuke of your God.

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,And it prevailed over them.He has spread a net for my feet;He has turned me back;He has made me desolate,Faint all day long.

I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.

‘Then nations set against himOn every side from their provinces,And they spread their net over him;He was captured in their pit.

Thus says the Lord God,“Now I will spread My net over youWith a company of many peoples,And they shall lift you up in My net.

Hear this, O priests!Give heed, O house of Israel!Listen, O house of the king!For the judgment applies to you,For you have been a snare at MizpahAnd a net spread out on Tabor.

When they go, I will spread My net over them;I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.

The godly person has perished from the land,And there is no upright person among men.All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;Each of them hunts the other with a net.

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,Drag them away with their net,And gather them together in their fishing net.Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their netAnd burn incense to their fishing net;Because through these things their catch is large,And their food is plentiful.

Will they therefore empty their netAnd continually slay nations without sparing?

Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.