From Nave’s Topical Bible
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Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 28Passages listed
- 11Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Of checker work1 Kings 7:17
- Hidden in a pitPsalms 35:7Psalms 35:8
- Set for birdsProverbs 1:17
- Wild animalsIsaiah 51:20
- Fish caught inMatthew 4:18–21Matthew 13:47Luke 5:4John 21:6–11
- See Snare
- FIGURATIVEJob 18:8Job 19:6Psalms 9:15Psalms 10:9Psalms 25:15Psalms 31:4Psalms 35:7Psalms 35:8Psalms 57:6Psalms 66:11Psalms 140:5Psalms 141:10Proverbs 12:12Proverbs 29:5Ecclesiastes 7:26Ecclesiastes 9:12Isaiah 19:8Ezekiel 26:5Ezekiel 26:14Ezekiel 47:10
The passages, in Bible order (28)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 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.
Commentary on 1 Kings 7:172 voices
For the number seven is conventionally used to denote the grace of the Holy Spirit, as attested in the Apocalypse by John, who, after saying that he had seen "the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes," went on to add, by way of explanation, …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.10Patristic
Nets ... - Rather “Nets chequerwise, and festoons chainwise,” - probably a fine network over the whole, and chainwork hanging in festoons outside. Seven for the one chapiter - The Septuagint reading is preferable. “A net for the one chapiter and a net for the other chapiter.” Compare 1Ki 7:41.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 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.
Commentary on Job 19:62 voices
Know now at least that God hath afflicted me with no just judgment. O, how hard does the voice of the righteous man sound, suffering under the infliction of the rod! Which same, however, not pride, but grief gave vent to! Now he is not righteous, who gives up righteousness under sorrow; and blessed Job, because he had a meek spirit, did not sin even by a hard word.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIVPatristic
Know now that God hath overthrown me - The matter is between him and me, and he has not commissioned you to add reproaches to his chastisements. And hath compassed me with his net - There may be an allusion here to the different modes of hunting which have been already referred to in the preceding chapter.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Psalms 9:15
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Commentary on Psalms 9:151 voice
The heathen - Hebrew, “The nations;” that is, the idolatrous people that were arrayed against him. See the notes at Psa 9:5. Are sunk down - That is, referring to those who had been overcome, as mentioned in Psa 9:5; or to those who still encompassed him, in respect to whom he was so certain that they would be overcome that he could speak of it as a thing already accomplished.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Psalms 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.
Commentary on Psalms 10:92 voices
In earlier times, the persecution of the church was merely violent, when Christians were being pressed by pagans through proscriptions, torture and beatings to sacrifice to idols. A second type of persecution is through deceit, which is currently being carried out by heretics and false …
Cassiodorus· EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 10:29-30Patristic
And lastly, against the devil: 'God is not before his eyes, he sits in ambush with the rich.' Unhappy the rich, with whom the devil sits.
Jerome· Homily 4, on Psalm 9Patristic
- Psalms 25:15
My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- Psalms 31:4
You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
Commentary on Psalms 31:41 voice
By this he indicated the plot of Ahithophel, which he put into operation against him, as we have spoken about previously. … After frequently encountering many disasters I was freed from them by your aid—thus I entrust my soul to your providence. He calls providence …
Theodoret of Cyrus· COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 31:4Patristic
- Psalms 35:7
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 35:8
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
Commentary on Psalms 35:81 voice
Let destruction come upon him at unawares,.... Or a "storm" (r), such as is caused in the eastern countries by a south wind, very sudden, violent, and destructive (s): the singular number being here used, some Jewish commentators, as Kimchi, have thought Saul is particularly meant; and some Christian interpreters have been of opinion that Judas is intended: the imprecations here may be compared with those which respect him, Psa 109:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 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
Commentary on Psalms 57:62 voices
They have prepared a net for my steps. The enemies of the godly spare no pains, but go about their wicked work with the coolest deliberation. As for each sort of fish, or bird, or beast, a fitting net is needed, so do the ungodly suit their net to their victim's circumstances and character with a careful craftiness of malice. Whatever David might do, and whichever way he might turn, his enemies were ready to entrap him in some way or other. My soul is bowed down.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David, Vol. 3, 1872
They have prepared a net for my steps,.... They laid snares for him, as the fowler does for the bird, in order to take him.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 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
- Psalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Commentary on Psalms 141:102 voices
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. It may not be a Christian prayer, but it is a very just one, and it takes a great deal of grace to refrain from crying Amen to it; in fact, grace does not work towards making us wish otherwise concerning the enemies of holy men. Do we not all wish the innocent to be delivered, and the guilty to reap the result of their own malice? Of course we do, if we are just men.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David, Vol. 7, 1885
The sinners shall fall into his net. Above he said, Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, concerning many; but now concerning one, The sinners shall fall into his net. Just as the Lord casts a net, and catches a multitude of fish, and has the apostles as fishermen gathering and bringing to him, that is, those who believe through them: so also the devil has demons, who are subject to him, who both deceive men and bring them to him.
Jerome· Homily 51, on Psalm 140Patristic
- Proverbs 1:17
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Commentary on Proverbs 1:172 voices
If then nets are not wrongfully stretched for birds, as it is said in Proverbs, but God justly leads men into the snare, as it is said, "You led us into the snare," and if not even a sparrow, cheapest of birds, falls into the snare without the will of the Father (its fall into the snare being due to its failure to use properly the power of its wings given to it to soar), let us pray to do nothing to deserve being brought into temptation.
Origen of Alexandria· ON PRAYER 29:16Patristic
Strictly speaking, this is the first proverb (i. e., similitude) in the book; a proverb which has received a variety of interpretations. The true meaning seems to be as follows: “For in vain, to no purpose, is the net spread out openly. Clear as the warning is, it is in vain. The birds still fly in.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:122 voices
The wicked desireth the net of evil men,.... To be master of all the wicked arts and methods evil men use to ensnare and oppress others; to get them and their substance into their hands; or "desireth the evil net", as the Targum; the evil net of antichrist, which he lays for the poor, whom he draws into it and catches them; see Psa 10:9. Jarchi understands it of "hunting" (t) and of wicked men desiring to be fed and nourished with what evil men get by hunting; compare with this Eze 13:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The meaning seems to be: The “net of evil men” (compare Pro 1:17) is that in which they are taken, the judgment of God in which they are ensnared. This they run into with such a blind infatuation, that it seems as if they were in love with their own destruction. The marginal rendering gives the thought that the wicked seek the protection of others like themselves, but seek in vain; the “root of the just” (i. e., that in them which is fixed and stable) alone yields that protection.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
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