Proverbs 29:5

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Job 17:5

He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property— the eyes of his children will fail.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.

Romans 16:18

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Lamentations 1:13

“From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 20:19

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 7:5

to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

Proverbs 1:17

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

Psalm 36:2

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

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his 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 little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?”