Proverbs 29:5

A Conservative Version

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

Cross References

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for to you pertains the judgment. For ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Psalm 12:2

They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they deceive (LXX/NT).

Job 17:5

He who denounces his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his sons shall fail.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we came neither in word of flattery (at any time as ye know) nor a pretense of greed (God is witness)

Romans 16:18

For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Lamentations 1:13

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

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

Proverbs 7:21

With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.

Proverbs 7:5

that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

1 Samuel 18:23

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