Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In Context
4A King by iudgement mainteineth ye countrey: but a man receiuing giftes, destroyeth it.
6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17Therefore thine handmaid sayd, The word of my lord the King shall now be comfortable: for my lorde the King is euen as an Angel of God in hearing of good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God be with thee.
Psalms 5:9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.
Proverbs 1:17Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
Proverbs 7:21Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
Proverbs 26:24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.
Lamentations 1:13From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.
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 →