Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
King James Version
In Context
4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 26:24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Lamentations 1:13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
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 →