Proverbs 29:5
A gever that flattereth his neighbor 1 spreadeth a reshet (net) for his feet. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4Melech by mishpat establisheth eretz, 1 but an ish terumot (a man of bribes) bringeth it down. 1
6By peysha (transgression) an ish rah is snared, 1 but the tzaddik doth sing and have simchah. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17Then thine shifchah said, The devar adoni HaMelech shall now be as menuchah (rest, comfort); for as a malach HaElohim, so is adoni HaMelech to discern the tov and the rah; therefore Hashem Eloheicha will be with thee.
Psalms 5:9Lead me, Hashem, in Thy tzedakah 1 because of mine enemies; 1 make Thy Derech straight before my face. 1
Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the reshet (net) is spread 1 in the eyes of kol ba'al kanaf (all the birds); + 1:17 i.e., lit. master of [the] wing 1
Proverbs 7:21By her enticing speech she caused him to yield, 1 with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him. 1
Proverbs 26:24He that hateth disguises it with his sfatayim (lips), 1 and within harboreth mirmah (deceit); 1
Lamentations 1:13From above hath He sent eish 1 into my atzamot (bones), and it prevaileth against them; 1 He hath spread a net for my feet, 1 He hath turned me back; 1 He hath made me desolate and kol hayom (ever) languishing. 1
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 →