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When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.(Proverbs 29:2)
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.(Proverbs 29:3)
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.(Proverbs 29:4)
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.(Proverbs 29:6)
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.(Proverbs 29:7)
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.(Proverbs 29:8)

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Proverbs 29:5 - Cross Reference

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. (Hosea 5:1)
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. (Proverbs 26:28)
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. (Psalm 12:2)
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. (Proverbs 20:19)
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. (Romans 16:18)
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. (Job 17:5)
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. (Luke 20:20)
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. (Proverbs 1:17)
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. (Psalm 5:9)
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. (Proverbs 7:5)
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. (Lamentations 1:13)
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. (Proverbs 7:21)
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; (Proverbs 26:24)
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: (1 Thessalonians 2:5)
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. (2 Samuel 14:17)