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Proverbs 29:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 29 · verse 5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.Proverbs 29:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 29:5 in context
3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- flatterethchâlaqto be smoothH2505 →
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- spreadethpârasto break apart, disperse, etcH6566 →
- netreshetha netH7568 →
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Those may be said to flatter their neighbours who commend and applaud that good in them (the good they do or the good they have) which really either is not or is not such as they represent it, and who profess that esteem and that affection for them which really they have not; these spread a net for their feet. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary