Proverbs 29:5
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- KJV
- A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- WEB
- A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- ASV
- A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
- DARBY
- A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
- BLB
- A man taking a portion over his neighbor spreads out a net over his steps.
- ÅB
- En mann som smigrer for sin neste, setter opp et garn for hans fot.
- OTB
- De som smigrer sin nabo, legger en snare for hans skritt.
- B1930
- En mann som smigrer for sin næste, setter op et garn for hans fot.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 26:24–25
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Read in contextPsalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Read in contextHosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Read in contextJob 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Read in contextPsalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Read in contextProverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Read in contextLuke 20:20–21
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Read in context2 Samuel 14:17–24
Then 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.
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