Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.
6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May the LORD, your God, be with you.’”
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
Proverbs 1:17For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
Proverbs 7:21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Proverbs 26:24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
Lamentations 1:13“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all 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 →