Cross references

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor

spreads a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:5 BSB

Proverbs 29:5 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 17:5 (5 votes) and Psalm 5:9 (5 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from 1 Samuel 18 to 1 Thessalonians 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 29:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 17:55 votes

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

  2. Psalm 5:95 votes

    For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

  3. Psalm 12:25 votes

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

  4. A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

  5. Hosea 5:15 votes

    “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

  6. And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’” Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied. …

  7. How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

  8. that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

  9. With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

  10. He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

Which verses point to Proverbs 29:5?

The 10 strongest of 21.