Net

And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.   Exodus 27:4, 5 

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.   Job 18:8 

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.   Job 19:6 

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.   Psalm 9:15 

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.   Psalm 10:9 

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.   Psalm 25:15 

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.   Psalm 31:4 

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.   Psalm 35:7, 8 

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.   Psalm 57:6 

Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.   Psalm 66:11 

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.   Psalm 140:5 

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.   Proverbs 1:17 

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.   Proverbs 12:12 

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.   Proverbs 29:5 

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.   Ecclesiastes 9:12 

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.   Isaiah 51:20 

From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.   Lamentations 1:13 

My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.   Ezekiel 12:13 

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.   Ezekiel 17:20 

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.   Ezekiel 19:8 

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.   Ezekiel 32:3 

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.   Hosea 5:1 

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.   Hosea 7:12 

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.   Micah 7:2 

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?   Habakkuk 1:15-17 

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.   Habakkuk 2:1 

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.   Matthew 4:18 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.   Matthew 13:47, 48 

Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.   Mark 1:16 

And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.   Luke 5:5, 6 

And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.   John 21:6-8 

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.   John 21:11 

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