If anyone denounces his friends for profit the eyes of his children will fail.
Proverbs 29:5 - Tree of Life Version A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his feet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his own feet. American Standard Version (1901) A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps. Common English Bible People who flatter their friends spread out a net for their feet. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who speaks to his friend with flattering and feigned words spreads a net for his own feet. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet. |
If anyone denounces his friends for profit the eyes of his children will fail.
Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
An oracle of Transgression— within my heart, to the wicked one: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.
Surely it is useless to spread a net in the eyes of all winged creatures!
A talebearer goes about, revealing secrets, so do not associate with a babbler.
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
One who rebukes a man will in the end find more favor than one with a flattering tongue.
With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.
They will keep you from a seducing woman, from the foreign woman with her seductive speech.
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.
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.
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.
For as you know and God is witness, we never came with a word of flattery or a motive of greed—
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?”