Proverbs 29:25
Whoever fears man will quickly fall. Whoever hopes in the Lord shall be lifted up.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
In Context
26Many demand the face of the leader. But the judgment of each one proceeds from the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 12:12And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.
Genesis 20:11Abraham responded: “I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.
Exodus 32:22And he answered him: “Let not my lord be indignant. For you know this people, that they are prone to evil.
Judges 16:11And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
1 Samuel 21:13And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
1 Samuel 27:11Neither man nor woman was left alive by David. Neither did he lead back any of them to Gath, saying, “Lest perhaps they may speak against us.” David did these things. And this was his decision during all the days that he lived in the region of the Philistines.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:25
24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. See here what sin and ruin those involve themselves in who are drawn away by the enticement of sinners. 1. They incur a great deal of guilt: He does so that goes partner with such as rob and defraud, and casts in his lot among them, ch. i. 11 , &c. The receiver is as bad as the thief; and, being drawn in to join with him in the commission of the sin, he cannot escape joining with him in the concealment of it, though it… Read the whole commentary →