Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
6An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Proverbs 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Proverbs 26:24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
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 →