⁴ The king gives stability to the land by justice,
But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.
⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
⁶ By transgression an evil man is ensnared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices.

Cross References

Psalm 5:9

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 12:2

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

2 Samuel 14:17-24

Then your maidservant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’”

Job 17:5

“He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children also will languish.

Proverbs 1:17

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 7:21

With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
Therefore do not associate with a gossip.

Proverbs 26:24-25

He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his heart.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Lamentations 1:13

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,
And it prevailed over them.
He has spread a net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me desolate,
Faint all day long.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.

Luke 20:20-21

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

Romans 16:18

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

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