Proverbs 29:5

New English Translation

The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

Cross References

Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

Psalm 12:2

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

Psalm 36:2

for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

Psalm 5:9

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Proverbs 20:19

The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.

Proverbs 7:5

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

Lamentations 1:13

He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long. נ (Nun)

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

Romans 16:18

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”