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מוֹקֵשׁ H4170

môwqêsh — be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.. Appears in 27 verses. Full definition →
Exodus 10:7 And Pharaoh' s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? Exodus 23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. Exodus 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: Deuteronomy 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 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. Judges 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. Judges 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 1 Samuel 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son -in-law in the one of the twain. 2 Samuel 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; Job 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Job 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. Psalms 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Psalms 106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Psalms 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. Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. 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 18:7 A fool' s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. Proverbs 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. Proverbs 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Proverbs 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

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