Proverbs 29:5

New International Reader's Version

Those who only pretend to praise their neighbors are spreading a net to catch them by the feet.

Cross References

Job 17:5

Suppose someone tells lies about their friends to get a reward. Then their own children will suffer for it.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone tells lies to their neighbors. With their lips they praise others, but they don’t really mean it.

Psalm 36:2

They praise themselves so much that they can’t see their sin or hate it.

Psalm 5:9

Not a word from their mouths can be trusted. Their hearts are filled with a desire to hurt others. Their throats are like open graves. With their tongues they tell lies.

Proverbs 1:17

How useless it is to spread a net where every bird can see it!

Proverbs 20:19

A person who talks about others tells secrets. So avoid anyone who talks too much.

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts. And words that seem to praise you destroy you.

Proverbs 28:23

It is better to warn a person than to pretend to praise them. In the end that person will be more pleased with you.

Proverbs 7:21

She led him astray with her clever words. She charmed him with her smooth talk.

Proverbs 7:5

They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.

Lamentations 1:13

“He sent down fire from heaven. It went deep down into my bones. He spread a net to catch me by the feet. He stopped me right where I was. He made me empty. I am sick all the time.

Hosea 5:1

“Listen to me, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family! Here is my decision against you. You have been like a trap at Mizpah. You have been like a net spread out on Mount Tabor.

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know, we never praised you if we didn’t mean it. We didn’t put on a mask to cover up any sinful desire. God is our witness that this is true.

1 Samuel 18:23

Saul’s attendants spoke those very words to David. But David said, “Do you think it’s a small thing to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man. I’m not very well known.”