Proverbs 29:5

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Hosea 5:1

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For yours is the judgment, Because you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread on Tabor.

Psalm 12:2

They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.

Job 17:5

He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness.

Romans 16:18

For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.

Lamentations 1:13

“From above He has sent fire into my bones, And it overpowered them; He has spread a net for my feet And turned me back; He has made me desolate And faint all the day.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

Proverbs 7:21

With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, With her flattering lips she seduced him.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s servants spoke those words in the hearing of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?”