Proverbs 29:25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.

English Standard Version
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.

New American Standard Bible
The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted.

King James Bible
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fear of man is a snare, but the one who trusts in the LORD is protected.

International Standard Version
Fearing any human being is a trap, but confiding in the LORD keeps anyone safe.

American Standard Version
The fear of man bringeth a snare; But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that feareth man, shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Darby Bible Translation
The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his confidence in Jehovah is protected.

Young's Literal Translation
Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

Cross References

Luke 12:4
And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

John 12:42
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

John 12:43
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Genesis 12:12
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look on.

Deuteronomy 1:17
You shall not respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I will hear it.

1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

Psalm 91:1
He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 119:117
Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to your statutes continually.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

29:19. Here is an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant; one that serves not from conscience, or love, but from fear. 20. When a man is self-conceited, rash, and given to wrangling, there is more hope of the ignorant and profligate. 21. Good usage to a servant does not mean indulgence, which would ruin even a child. The body is a servant to the soul; those that humour it, and are over-tender of it, will find it forget its place. 22. An angry, passionate disposition makes men provoking to one another, and provoking to God. 23. Only those who humble themselves shall be exalted and established. 24. The receiver is as bad as the thief. 25. Many are ashamed to own Christ now; and he will not own them in the day of judgment. But he that trusts in the Lord will be saved from this snare.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

25. The fear … snare—involves men in difficulty (compare Pr 29:6).

shall be safe—(Compare Margin; Pr 18:10).