21 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

Joshua 23:13

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

2 Samuel 22:6

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Job 22:10

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Job 40:24

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Psalms 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalms 18:5

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalms 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Psalms 64:5

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Psalms 141:9

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

Tobit 14:10

And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 9:3

Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 9:13

Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.

Apostolic Fathers

Ignatius to the Magnesians 3:12

These things, my beloved, I write unto you; not that I know of any among you that lie under this error; but as one of the least among you, I am desirous to forewarn you, that ye fall not into the snares of false doctrine.

Ignatius to the Trallians 2:6

Not that I know there is any thing of this nature among you; but I fore-arm you, as being greatly beloved by me, foreseeing the snares of the devil.

Ignatius to the Philadelphians 2:8

Flee therefore the wicked arts and snares of the prince of this world; lest at any time being oppressed by his cunning ye grow cold in your charity. But come all together into the same place with an undivided heart.