What other scriptures discuss deliverance from "the snares of death"? Setting the Scene: Why “snares of death” matters Psalm 18:5 introduces the phrase: “The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.” From that springboard, Scripture consistently shows God breaking those snares and rescuing His people. Old-Testament Scenes of Rescue • Psalm 18:4-6 – “In my distress I called upon the LORD… He heard my voice… and my cry for His help reached His ears.” • 2 Samuel 22:5-7 – Parallel to Psalm 18, underscoring God’s faithful response. • Psalm 116:3-8 – “For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.” • Psalm 107:13-14 – “He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.” • Job 5:19-20 – “In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.” • Hosea 13:14 – “I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death.” • Jonah 2:5-6 – “But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!” Wisdom Literature: Avoiding the Trap • Proverbs 13:14 – “The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.” • Proverbs 14:27 – “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.” • Proverbs 21:6 – “Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly snare.” Practical takeaway: truth, reverence, and wisdom steer us clear of death’s traps. New-Testament Fulfillment of Deliverance • 2 Corinthians 1:10 – “He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us… He will yet again deliver us.” • Hebrews 2:14-15 – Christ “destroy[ed] him who holds the power of death… and free[d] those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” • 2 Timothy 4:17-18 – “The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom.” • Revelation 1:18 – “I am the Living One… I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.” Putting It All Together • God hears cries for help and shatters death’s snares (Psalms, 2 Samuel). • Wisdom and the fear of the LORD keep believers from entering those traps in the first place (Proverbs). • Christ’s death and resurrection have decisively broken the ultimate snare, freeing us forever (Hebrews 2; Revelation 1). |
    |