Job 18:8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

Cross-references

Job 22:10 Parallel

Job 22:10 uses snare imagery for trouble surrounding Job — same net/snare metaphor as Job 18:8's 'cast into a net'.

Job 19:6 Contrast

In Job 19:6, Job says God has closed his net about him, using the same net imagery as Bildad's description of the wicked's fate in Job 18:8.

Esther 7:10 Parallel

Esther 7:10 shows Haman hanged on his own gallows — a perfect example of the wicked caught by their own device, as in Job 18:8.

Psalm 9:15 Parallel

Psalm 9:15 uses identical imagery: the wicked are caught in the net they hid, their own foot taken — directly parallel to Job 18:8.

Psalm 35:8 Parallel

Psalm 35:8 prays that the wicked's own net catch him — same principle of self-entrapment as Job 18:8.

Proverbs 5:22 says the wicked are held by cords of their own sins — a parallel metaphor of being ensnared by one's own actions.

Proverbs 29:6 states that transgression is a snare for the evil man — directly echoing Job 18:8's snare imagery.

1 Timothy 6:9 says those wanting riches fall into a snare — similar self-inflicted entrapment as Job 18:8. Strong parallel.

In Proverbs 4:12, the righteous walk without stumbling, contrasting with the wicked in Job 18:8 who are cast into a net by their own feet.

In Proverbs 22:5, thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked, directly paralleling Job 18:8's description of the wicked walking on a snare.

In Lamentations 1:13, God spreads a net for the feet of Jerusalem, directly mirroring Job 18:8's net for the wicked's feet.

In Ecclesiastes 9:12, people are snared like fish in an evil net, echoing Job 18:8's net imagery for the fate of the wicked.

In Isaiah 24:18, those fleeing judgment fall into a snare, similar to Job 18:8's wicked being caught in a snare they walk on.