Bible Cross References
desireth
Proverbs 1:17-19
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It does no good to spread a net when the bird you want to catch is watching,
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but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die.
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Robbery always claims the life of the robber---this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence.
Proverbs 29:5
If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself.
Proverbs 29:6
Evil people are trapped in their own sins, while honest people are happy and free.
Psalm 9:15
The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in; they have been caught in their own trap.
Psalm 10:9
they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.
Jeremiah 5:26-28
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"Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who lay nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.
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Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,
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why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.
Micah 7:2
There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.
Habakkuk 1:15-17
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The Babylonians catch people with hooks, as though they were fish. They drag them off in nets and shout for joy over their catch!
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They even worship their nets and offer sacrifices to them, because their nets provide them with the best of everything.
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Are they going to use their swords forever and keep on destroying nations without mercy?
net
Proverbs 10:15
Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor.
the root
Psalm 1:3
They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.
Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come the people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, will take root like a tree, and they will blossom and bud. The earth will be covered with the fruit they produce.
Isaiah 37:31
Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7
"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.
Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree growing near a stream and sending out roots to the water. It is not afraid when hot weather comes, because its leaves stay green; it has no worries when there is no rain; it keeps on bearing fruit.
Luke 8:13-15
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The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away.
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The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear; but the worries and riches and pleasures of this life crowd in and choke them, and their fruit never ripens.
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The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.
John 15:5
"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.
John 15:16
You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
Romans 6:22
But now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God. Your gain is a life fully dedicated to him, and the result is eternal life.