Proverbs 29:5

The Scriptures 1998

A man who flatters his neighbour Spreads a net for his own feet.

Cross References

Job 17:5

He who denounces friends for a share, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Psalm 12:2

They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, To find his crookedness to be hated.

Psalm 5:9

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

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with him Who speaks smoothly with his lips.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

He who reproves a man finds more favour afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.

Proverbs 7:5

To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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 laid me waste and faint all the day.

Hosea 5:1

“Hear this, O priests! And listen, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Romans 16:18

For such ones do not serve our Master יהושע  Messiah, but their own stomach, and by smooth words and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with a word of flattery, as you know, nor with a cloak for greed – Elohim is witness –

1 Samuel 18:23

And the servants of Sha’ul spoke those words in the hearing of Dawiḏ