Proverbs 29:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Whoever flatters a neighbor is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

Cross References

Job 17:5

Those who denounce friends for reward— the eyes of their children will fail.

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Psalm 36:2

For they flatter themselves in their own eyes that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are destruction; their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net baited while the bird is looking on;

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.

Proverbs 26:28

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

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

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

Proverbs 7:5

that they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

Lamentations 1:13

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

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you, for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor

Romans 16:18

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

1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed,

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s servants reported these words to David in private. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”