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1 Thessalonians 5 3
People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.
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Psalms 141:9-10
Keep me from the traps of those who do evil. Save me from the traps they have set for me.Let evil people fall into their own nets. But let me go safely on my way.
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Isaiah 47:11
So horrible trouble will come on you. You will not know how to use your evil magic to make it go away. Great trouble will fall on you. No amount of money can keep it away. Something terrible will happen to you all at once. You will not see it coming ahead of time.
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Luke 21:34
“ Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.
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Psalms 64:7
But God will shoot my enemies with his arrows. He will suddenly strike them down.
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Esther 7:10
So they did. And they used the pole Haman had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger calmed down.
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1 Samuel 18 17
Saul said to David,“ Here is my older daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you to be your wife. Just serve me bravely and fight the Lord’ s battles.” Saul said to himself,“ I won’t have to lift my hand to strike him down. The Philistines will do that!”
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Psalms 57:6
My enemies spread a net to catch me by the feet. I felt helpless. They dug a pit in my path. But they fell into it themselves.
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Proverbs 29:1
Whoever still won’t obey after being warned many times will suddenly be destroyed. Nothing can save them.
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Proverbs 5:22
Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.
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2 Samuel 17 23
Ahithophel saw that his advice wasn’t being followed. So he put a saddle on his donkey. He started out for his house in his hometown. When he arrived, he made everything ready for his death. He made out his will. Then he killed himself. And so he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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1 Samuel 31 2-1 Samuel 31 4
The Philistines kept chasing Saul and his sons. They killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki- Shua.The fighting was heavy around Saul. Men who were armed with bows and arrows caught up with him. They shot their arrows at him and wounded him badly.Saul spoke to the man carrying his armor. He said,“ Pull out your sword. Stick it through me. If you don’t, these fellows who aren’t circumcised will come. They’ll stick their swords through me and hurt me badly.” But the man was terrified. He wouldn’t do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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Psalms 7:15-16
Whoever digs a hole and shovels it out falls into the pit they have made.The trouble they cause comes back on them. The terrible things they do will happen to them.
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2 Samuel 18 14-2 Samuel 18 15
Joab said,“ I’m not going to waste any more time on you.” So he got three javelins. Then he went over and plunged them into Absalom’s heart. He did it while Absalom was still hanging there alive in the oak tree.Ten of the men carrying Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom. They struck him and killed him.
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2 Samuel 17 2-2 Samuel 17 4
Attack him while he’s tired and weak. Fill him with terror. Then all the people with him will run away. Don’t strike down anyone except the king.Bring all the other people back. After the man you want to kill is dead, everyone else will return to you. And none of the people will be harmed.”Ahithophel’s plan seemed good to Absalom. It also seemed good to all the elders of Israel.
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Matthew 27:3-5
Judas, who had handed him over, saw that Jesus had been sentenced to die. He felt deep shame and sadness for what he had done. So he returned the 30 silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.“ I have sinned,” he said.“ I handed over a man who is not guilty.”“ What do we care?” they replied.“ That’s your problem.”So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
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Psalms 9:15
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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Psalms 73:18-20
God, I’m sure you will make them slip and fall. You will throw them down and destroy them.It will happen very suddenly. A terrible death will take them away completely.A dream goes away when a person wakes up. Lord, it will be like that when you rise up. It will be as if those people were only a dream.