Proverbs 29:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him. 25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
  • Lam 1:13 : 13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Announcement of Sin and Judgment Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 Thus they asked him,“Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–
  • 2 Sam 14:17-24 : 17 So your servant said,‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the LORD your God be with you!’” 18 Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!” 19 The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth. 20 Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.” 21 Then the king said to Joab,“All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!” 22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said,“Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!” 23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But the king said,“Let him go over to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over to his own house; he did not see the king’s face.
  • Job 17:5 : 5 If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:19
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    19The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

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

  • Job 18:8-10
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    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

    3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

  • Job 17:5
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    5If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

  • Prov 29:4
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    4A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
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    4Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

    5One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

  • Prov 29:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

    25The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set on high.

  • Prov 29:6
    72%

    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

    27Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

  • Prov 1:17
    72%

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

  • Prov 10:18
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    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 19:6
    71%

    6Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

  • Ps 10:9
    71%

    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

  • Prov 28:10
    71%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 12:26
    70%

    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 25:14
    70%

    14Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

  • Ps 15:3
    70%

    3He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

  • Jer 9:8
    70%

    8Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

  • Prov 6:14
    70%

    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Prov 24:28
    70%

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

  • Prov 18:16
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    16A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Prov 26:24
    69%

    24The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.

  • Prov 22:25
    69%

    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Prov 10:9
    69%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 27:2
    69%

    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.