Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 91:3^7.

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and fora rockof offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Isaiah 8:14.

There's death in the cupösae beware! Nay, moreöthere is danger in touching; But wha can avoid the fell snare? The man and his wine's sae bewitching!

-Burns, Robert
  'Inscription on a Goblet'.

Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, will be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.

-Denman,Thomas, 1st Baron
  Judgement in O'Connell v The Queen, 4 Sep.

Faith gives new light to the soul, but it does not put our eyes out; and what God hathgivenusinournature could never be intended as a snare to Religion, or engage us to believe a lie.

-Taylor,Jeremy
  TheWorthy Communicant.

At me you smiled, but unbeguiled I saw the snare, and I retired: The daughter of a hundred Earls, You are not one to be desired.

-Tennyson
  Poems,'Lady ClaraVere deVere', stanza1, l.5^8.