Proverbs 29:25

He that dreadeth a man, shall fall soon; he that hopeth in the Lord, shall be raised [up]. (He who feareth someone, shall soon fall; but he who hopeth in the Lord, shall be raised up.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

In Context

24He that taketh part with a thief, hateth his soul; he heareth a man charging greatly, and showeth not. (He who taketh part with a thief, hateth his own soul; he heareth someone telling many lies, but he declareth it not.)

26Many men seek the face of the prince; and the doom of all men shall go forth of the Lord. (Many people seek favour from a leader; but for all people judgement, or justice, shall come from the Lord.)

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Cross References

Genesis 12:12and that when (the) Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, It is his wife, and they shall slay me, and keep thee, (or and then they shall kill me, but keep thee alive).

Genesis 20:11(And) Abraham answered, I thought within me, and said, In hap the dread of God is not in this place; and they shall slay me for my wife;

Exodus 32:22To whom he answered, My lord, be not thou wroth, (or My lord, do not thou be angry), for thou knowest this people, that it is inclined, either ready, to evil;

Judges 16:11To whom he answered, If I be bound with new cords, that were not yet in work, I shall be feeble, and like other men (or I shall be made as feeble as other men).

1 Samuel 21:13And David changed his mouth before Achish, and felled down betwixt their hands, and he painted on the doors of the gate, and his dribbles, that is, spittles, flowed down into his beard.

1 Samuel 27:11David left not quick man and woman (or David left no man or woman alive), neither brought (them back) into Gath, and said, Lest peradventure they speak against us. David did these things, and this was his doom, in all [the] days in which he dwelled in the country of (the) Philistines.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:25

24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. See here what sin and ruin those involve themselves in who are drawn away by the enticement of sinners. 1. They incur a great deal of guilt: He does so that goes partner with such as rob and defraud, and casts in his lot among them, ch. i. 11 , &c. The receiver is as bad as the thief; and, being drawn in to join with him in the commission of the sin, he cannot escape joining with him in the concealment of it, though it… Read the whole commentary →

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