A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Cross References
Psalm 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Psalm 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 28:23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Treasury of Scripture
A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
that
Proverbs 7:5,21
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words…
Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 26:24,25,28
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; …
spreadeth
Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Lamentations 1:13
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Hosea 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.
