Proverbs 29:5–6
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5If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself.u
6Evil people are trapped in their own sins, while honest people are happy and free.
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- uyourself; or them.
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
An evil man is ensnared in his transgression,
but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Those who flatter their neighbors
are spreading nets for their feet.
Evildoers are snared by their own sin,
but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
A person who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
An evil person is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.
Evil people are trapped by sin,
but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A strong man who flatters his neighbor
is spreading a net for his feet.
In transgression, an evil man is a snare,
but the righteous will sing and rejoice.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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