Proverbs 29:5
"A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet."
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- Job 17:5
"He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 5:9
"For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 12:2
"They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 1:17
"Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:28
"A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin."
Read in chapter → - Luke 20:20
"And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:24
"He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 7:5
"That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 7:21
"With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him."
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