Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.
6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee.
Psalms 5:9For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Proverbs 1:17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
Proverbs 7:21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
Proverbs 26:24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
Lamentations 1:13From on high 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.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:5
4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. Here is, 1. The happiness of a people under a good government. The care and business of a prince should be to establish the land, to maintain its fundamental laws, to settle the minds of his subjects and make them easy, to secure their liberties and properties from hostilities and for posterity, and to set in order the things that are wanting; this he must do by judgment, by wise counsels, and by the steady administration of… Read the whole commentary →