Net

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Of checker work

• 1 Kings 7:17 For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

Hidden in a pit

• Psalm 35:7–8 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

Set for birds

• Proverbs 1:17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

Wild animals

• Isaiah 51:20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

Fish caught in

• Matthew 4:18–21 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” And at once they left their nets and followed Him. Goin…
• Matthew 13:47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
• Luke 5:4 When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
• John 21:6–11 He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, h…

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Figurative

• Job 18:8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
• Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
• Psalm 9:15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• Psalm 10:9 He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• Psalm 25:15 My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
• Psalm 31:4 You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
• Psalm 35:7–8 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
• Psalm 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
• Psalm 66:11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
• Psalm 140:5 The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah