Proverbs 29:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Job 17:5

He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail.

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is destruction, their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.

Proverbs 26:28

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

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

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

Proverbs 7:5

to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.

Lamentations 1:13

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

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, 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 persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. 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?”