Proverbs 29:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart. 25 When his speech is charming, don't 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 on high has he 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, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, And give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; For you have been a snare at Mizpah, And a net spread on Tabor.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
  • 2 Sam 14:17-24 : 17 Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you. 18 Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid; 20 to change the face of the matter has your 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 The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back. 22 Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant. 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 The king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and didn't see the king's face.
  • Job 17:5 : 5 He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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  • Prov 20:19
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    19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

  • Prov 16:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29A man of violence entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.

    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 shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come 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 wanders into its mesh.

    9A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.

    10A noose is hidden for him in the ground, A trap for him in the way.

  • Prov 26:19
    74%

    19Is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

    3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,

  • Job 17:5
    74%

    5He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

    18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Isa 29:21
    73%

    21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

  • Prov 28:23
    73%

    23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor Than one who flatters with the tongue.

  • Prov 29:4
    73%

    4The king by justice makes the land stable, But he who takes bribes tears it down.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

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

  • Prov 29:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

    25The fear of man proves to be a snare, But whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

  • Prov 29:6
    72%

    6An evil man is snared by his sin, But the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; 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 grew rich.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4An evil-doer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Ps 5:9
    72%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 1:17
    72%

    17For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

  • Prov 10:18
    71%

    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
    71%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 19:6
    71%

    6Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

  • Ps 10:9
    71%

    9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

  • Prov 28:10
    71%

    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19"You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

  • Prov 12:26
    70%

    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 25:14
    70%

    14As clouds and wind without rain, So is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

  • Ps 15:3
    70%

    3He who doesn't slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his friend, Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

  • Jer 9:8
    70%

    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Prov 6:14
    70%

    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.

  • Prov 24:28
    70%

    28Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't 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%

    17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Prov 26:24
    69%

    24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Prov 22:25
    69%

    25Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.

  • Prov 10:9
    69%

    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 27:2
    69%

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