Proverbs 29:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Job 17:5

He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

Psalm 12:2

How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

Psalm 36:2

For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.

Psalm 5:9

Lord, lead me in your justice. Because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.

Proverbs 1:17

But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.

Proverbs 20:19

Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.

Proverbs 26:28

A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.

Proverbs 7:5

So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.

Lamentations 1:13

MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.

Romans 16:18

For ones such as these do not serve Christ our Lord, but their inner selves, and, through pleasing words and skillful speaking, they seduce the hearts of the innocent.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.

1 Samuel 18:23

And the servants of Saul spoke all these words to the ears of David. And David said: "Does it seem a small matter to you, to be the son-in-law of the king? I am but a poor and unimportant man."