Proverbs 29:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his steps.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his feet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his own feet.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Common English Bible

⁵ People who flatter their friends spread out a net for their feet.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ A man who speaks to his friend with flattering and feigned words spreads a net for his own feet.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:5 Cross References

Job 17:5

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Psalm 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Psalm 36:2

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity shall not be found out and be hated.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness: Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:

Proverbs 20:19

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favour Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, With the flattering of her lips she forceth him away.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Lamentations 1:13

From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertain the judgement; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?