Proverbs 29:5

New International Version

Those who flatter their neighbors are spreading nets for their feet.

Cross References

Job 17:5

If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

Psalm 36:2

In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.

Psalm 5:9

Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.

Proverbs 1:17

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

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.

Proverbs 26:28

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

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.

Proverbs 7:5

They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

Lamentations 1:13

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

Hosea 5:1

“Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Romans 16:18

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness.

1 Samuel 18:23

They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”