1 Samuel 18:21
"And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain."
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- 1 Samuel 18:17
"And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 10:7
"And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?"
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 19:11
"Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 18:26
"And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 9:8
"Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 7:14
"Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:5
"A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 5:26
"For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:24
"He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 38:12
"They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long."
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