Proverbs 29:5
A man taking a portion above his neighbor, || Spreads a net for his own steps.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4A king establishes a land by judgment, || And one receiving gifts throws it down.
6A snare [is] in the transgression of the evil, || And the righteous sing and rejoice.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17and your maidservant says, Please let the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so [is] my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and your God YHWH is with you.”
Psalms 5:9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, || Their throat [is] an open grave, || They make their tongue smooth.
Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Proverbs 7:21She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, || She forces him with the flattery of her lips.
Proverbs 26:24A hater pretends by his lips, || And he places deceit in his heart,
Lamentations 1:13From above He has sent fire into my bone, || And it subdues it, He has spread a net for my feet, || He has turned me backward, || He has made me desolate—all the day sick.
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 →