Exodus 21:33

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves.

Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

“You shall not murder.

‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”

“Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up a cry or prayer for them or make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.

“Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.

“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.

For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May Yahweh do so. May Yahweh perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yahweh’s house, and all those who are captives, from Babylon to this place.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.