Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
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Bible References
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Proverbs 7:5
[In order] to guard yourself from {an adulteress}, from the foreigner who {makes her words smooth}.
Proverbs 20:19
He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.
Proverbs 26:24
On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.
2 Samuel 14:17
Your servant also thought, 'May the word of my lord the king {bring rest}, for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, {to sense what is good and what is bad}.' May Yahweh your God be with you."
Job 17:5
He denounces friends for reward, so his children's eyes will fail.
Psalm 5:9
For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.
Psalm 12:2
They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
{For never} did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God [is] witness),
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Proverbs 1:17
for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."
Lamentations 1:13
From heaven he sent fire, into my bones he let it descend. He spread out a net for my feet; he turned me back, he gave me devastation, fainting all day.
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, priests! Give heed, house of Israel! Listen, house of the king! Because the judgment [applies] to you; because you have been a snare for Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor;
Luke 20:20
And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.
Romans 16:18
For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.