Proverbs 29:5
Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
6The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare: but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:17But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes:
Proverbs 7:21Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym.
Proverbs 26:24An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.
Lamentations 1:13From aboue hath he sent downe a fire into my bones, and it burneth them cruelly: he hath layde a net for my feete, and throwen me wyde open, he hath made me desolate, so that I must euer be mournyng.
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 →