Proverbs 29:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads 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 pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: 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 you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him; 25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
  • Lam 1:13 : 13 From above he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and faint all the day.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Listen to this, O priests; and pay attention, O house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might trap him in his words, so they could deliver him to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:
  • 2 Sam 14:17-24 : 17 Then your maidservant said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will be with you. 18 Then the king answered and said to the woman, Do not hide from me, I pray you, the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant: 20 To change the appearance of things your servant Joab has 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 to 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, Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has 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 return to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.
  • Job 17:5 : 5 He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:19
    77%

    19He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

  • Prov 16:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

    28A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

    29A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    76%

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

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    75%

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Job 18:8-10
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    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

    9The trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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

  • Prov 26:19
    74%

    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    74%

    2They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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

  • Job 17:5
    74%

    5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Isa 29:21
    73%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Prov 28:23
    73%

    23He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

  • Prov 29:4
    73%

    4The king establishes the land by justice; but he who accepts bribes overthrows it.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.

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

  • Prov 29:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears cursing, and does not reveal it.

    25The fear of man brings a snare; but whoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

  • Prov 29:6
    72%

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 5:9
    72%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 1:17
    72%

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

  • Prov 10:18
    71%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
    71%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 19:6
    71%

    6Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

  • Ps 10:9
    71%

    9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

  • Prov 28:10
    71%

    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 12:26
    70%

    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 25:14
    70%

    14Whoever boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

  • Ps 15:3
    70%

    3He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

  • Jer 9:8
    70%

    8Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Prov 6:14
    70%

    14Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 24:28
    70%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

  • Prov 18:16
    70%

    16A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

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

  • Prov 26:24
    69%

    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Prov 22:25
    69%

    25Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

  • Prov 10:9
    69%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 27:2
    69%

    2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.