the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Snare
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or Several words are employed to point out the snares or pits by which animals are caught. They are also used symbolically for the snares men lay for one another, and especially for those that Satan lays to entrap man into his power. Snares to be effectual must be hidden. It is in vain to set a net in the sight of any bird, Proverbs 1:17; in like manner the hook in fishing is always concealed. The baits that Satan uses are things that men like, and which may not always be moral evils in themselves, as riches, honour, etc., but which may end in the loss of the soul. 1 Timothy 3:7; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Timothy 2:26 . "The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death." Proverbs 14:27 . Nehemiah, led of God, wisely avoided all the snares that were laid for him by the enemy. Nehemiah 6 . So the Christian, taught of God, and led by the Holy Spirit, will not be ignorant of Satan's devices, and will not fall thereby.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Morrish, George. Entry for 'Snare'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/s/snare.html. 1897.
