Proverbs 29:5 (BSB)

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

From Proverbs 29. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 29:5

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 29:5: Those may be said to flatter their neighbours who commend and applaud that good in them (the good they do or the good they have) which really either is not or is not such as they represent it, and who profess that esteem and that affection for them which really they have not; these spread a net for their feet. 1. For their neighbours' feet, whom they flatter.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 29:5: A man that flattereth his neighbour,.... That speaks smooth things to him gives him flattering titles, speaks fair to his face, highly commends him on one account or another: spreadeth a net for his feet; has an idle design upon him, and therefore should be guarded against; his view is to draw him into a snare and make a prey of him; he attacks him...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 29:5: (Compare Pro 26:28). spreadeth . . . feet--By misleading him as to his real character, the flatterer brings him to evil, prepared by himself or others.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 29:5: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. (a) He who gives ear to the flatterer is in danger as the bird is before the fowler.