Proverbs 29:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

A man that flattereth his neighbour, that praiseth or applaudeth another in a sinful state or course, spreadeth a net for his feet; kills him under a pretence of kindness; is an occasion of his sin, and consequently of destruction, which possibly he may design to accomplish by that means.

Proverbs 29:5

5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.