Psalm 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Cross-reference

Psalm 142:3 Parallel

Psalm 142:3 uses identical language: 'they have hidden a snare for me in the path.' Nearly verbatim description of hidden traps.

Psalm 10:4 Parallel

In Psalm 10:8-9, the wicked lurk and catch the poor in their net — the same trap imagery as the snares described here.

Psalm 141:10 echoes the net imagery but asks the wicked to fall into their own traps—a related prayer for justice.

Psalm 141:9 Parallel

Psalm 141:9 directly parallels with 'traps they have set' and 'snares of evildoers'—the same plea for deliverance from hidden nets.

Psalm 35:7 Parallel

Psalm 35:7 describes enemies hiding a net and digging a pit — directly paralleling the trap imagery in this verse.

Psalm 119:110 repeats the 'set a snare' motif from the wicked. Both verses describe enemy traps targeting the righteous.

Psalm 119:85 uses the same image: the arrogant dig pits to trap the psalmist. Nearly identical setting of secret snares.

Psalm 57:6 Parallel

Psalm 57:6 describes a net for steps and a pit — the same snare imagery as here, with the added twist of the wicked falling into it.

Psalm 10:2 Parallel

Psalm 10:2 says the wicked 'persecute the poor' and asks that they be 'caught in the plots they have devised' — parallel to hidden traps.

Psalm 129:4 Parallel

Psalm 129:4 says the Lord cuts the cords of the wicked — directly reversing the trap cords laid here with divine deliverance.

Psalm 64:5 Parallel

Psalm 64:5 describes the wicked plotting to lay snares secretly, using the same trap imagery found here.

Psalm 38:12 Parallel

Psalm 38:12 also speaks of enemies laying snares for life, directly echoing the same image of traps set by foes.

Psalm 31:20 Contrast

Psalm 31:20 contrasts God's shelter from conspiracies with the snares laid here — God hides the righteous from such plots.

Psalm 31:4 Parallel

Psalm 31:4 pleads to be pulled from 'the net which they have secretly laid' — a clear parallel to the hidden snares imagery.

Psalm 119:69 also has the arrogant attacking—with lies instead of traps. Both highlight enemy schemes from the proud.

Psalm 36:11 Related theme

Psalm 36:11 asks God to keep the arrogant and wicked at bay — a similar plea for protection from the proud who set snares here.

Psalm 17:8 Related theme

Psalm 17:9-12 describes enemies who surround and lie in wait — similar to the hidden traps here, though more about general assault.

Psalm 86:14 Parallel

Psalm 86:14 mentions arrogant men rising up against the psalmist, a similar theme of proud enemies, though without specific trap language.

Jeremiah 18:22 explicitly mentions 'hidden snares for my feet', directly paralleling the net and cords imagery here.

Luke 11:54 Parallel

Luke 11:54 says they were 'lying in wait' to catch Jesus in His words — a clear parallel to hidden snares.

Luke 20:20-23 records spies 'pretending to be righteous' to trap Jesus with questions — a direct parallel to setting snares.

2 Samuel 22:6 speaks of 'snares of death' confronting David — identical imagery of being trapped by enemies.

Jeremiah 18:20 uses 'dug a pit' for life — similar trap imagery, though the context is Jeremiah's enemies repaying evil for good.

Mark 12:13 Parallel

Mark 12:13 shows Pharisees and Herodians trying to trap Jesus with words — a NT example of the same scheming against the righteous.

Proverbs 24:15 warns not to lie in wait against the righteous, a direct prohibition of the trap-setting described here.

Proverbs 29:5 uses the same 'spreading nets' metaphor for flattery—different tactic, but same trap imagery against a neighbor.