⁴ A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down. ⁵ The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps. ⁶ In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

Cross References

Psalm 5:9

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Psalm 12:2

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

2 Samuel 14:17-24

So your servant said, 'May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!'"

Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Proverbs 7:5

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

Proverbs 7:21

She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.

Proverbs 20:19

The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

Proverbs 26:24-25

The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Lamentations 1:13

(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper's net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

Luke 20:20-21

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Romans 16:18

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed -- God is our witness --

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