Proverbs 29:5

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

Job 17:5

If anyone denounces his friends for profit the eyes of his children will fail.

Psalm 12:2

Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

Psalm 36:2

An oracle of Transgression— within my heart, to the wicked one: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalm 5:9

Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely it is useless to spread a net in the eyes of all winged creatures!

Proverbs 20:19

A talebearer goes about, revealing secrets, so do not associate with a babbler.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a man will in the end find more favor than one with a flattering tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.

Proverbs 7:5

They will keep you from a seducing woman, from the foreign woman with her seductive speech.

Lamentations 1:13

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

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you: For you were a snare at Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For as you know and God is witness, we never came with a word of flattery or a motive of greed—

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s courtiers whispered these words in David’s ears. But David said, “Is it a light thing to you becoming the king’s son-in-law, considering that I am a poor man and of little account?”