Proverbs 29:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

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  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 ¶ He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 ¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  • Lam 1:13 : 13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 ¶ Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 ¶ And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God [is] witness:
  • 2 Sam 14:17-24 : 17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth. 21 ¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
  • Job 17:5 : 5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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    19¶ He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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    27¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

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    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

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    10The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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    19So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

    3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

  • Job 17:5
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    5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17¶ Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.

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  • Isa 29:21
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    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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    23¶ He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

  • Prov 29:4
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    4¶ The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

  • Jer 9:4-5
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    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Prov 29:24-25
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    24¶ Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.

    25¶ The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6¶ In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Jer 5:26-27
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    26For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

    27As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

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    9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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    17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

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    6¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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    9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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    14¶ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.

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    3[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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    8Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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    14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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    28¶ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

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  • Prov 20:17
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    17¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

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    24¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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    25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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    9¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2¶ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.