Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor 1 is spreading a net for his feet. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4The king establishes the land by justice, 1 but the one who demands bribes tears it down. 1
6In the sin of an evil person is a trap, 1 but the righteous person sings and rejoices. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17Then your servant prayed, 'Yahweh, please let the word of my master the king give me relief, for as an angel of God, so is my master the king in telling good from evil.' May Yahweh your God be with you.”
Psalms 5:9For there is no truth in their mouth; 1 their inward being is wicked; 1 their throat is an open tomb; 1 they flatter with their tongue. 1
Proverbs 1:17For it is useless to spread the net in the sight of any bird. 1
Proverbs 7:21With much talk she turned him; 1 with her smooth lips she misled him. 1
Proverbs 26:24One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips 1 and he lays up deceit within himself. 1
Lamentations 1:13It is from on high that he has sent fire into my bones, and it has conquered them. 1 He has spread a net for my feet and turned me back. 1 He has made me constantly desolate and weak. 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 →