Psalms 106:36
They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
BSB
ASV
And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.
KJV
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. They were fascinated by the charms of idolatry, though it brings misery upon its votaries. A man cannot serve sin without being ensnared by it. It is like birdlime, and to touch it is to be taken by it. Samson laid his head in the Philistine woman's lap, but ere long he woke up shorn of his strength. Dalliance with sin is fatal to spiritual liberty.
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Judges 2:3So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
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know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and…
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You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you…
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Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
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From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.