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Proverbs 29:25

The New Testament’s use of Proverbs

2 places · 1 kind of echo

The source

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Echo2

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Mark 6:14-29 ?

The fear of human opinion becomes a snare. Herod's capitulation 'for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests' illustrates this proverbial snare of social fear. Wisdom-thematic resonance only; contested.

Low confidence
Matt 26:69-75 ?

'The fear of man brings a snare' frames Peter's collapse before a servant girl and bystanders, denying out of fear.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Proverbs 29
Proverbs 29:3 2Proverbs 29:23 4