Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his steps.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
6In the transgression of a man there is an evil snare: but the righteous ever singeth and rejoiceth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17And thy hand-maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become [the means of giving] repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may the Lord thy God be with thee.
Psalms 5:9(5:10) For there is not in their mouth any sincerity; their inward part is full of deception; an open sepulchre is their throat: they flatter with their tongue.
Proverbs 1:17For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
Proverbs 7:21She seduced him by the abundance of her reasoning: by the flattery of her lips she misguided him.
Proverbs 26:24With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit:
Lamentations 1:13From on high hath he sent a fire into my bones, and breaketh [them] one by one: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath caused me to return backward; he hath made me desolate, sick 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 →