| Geneva Study Bible The fear of man bringeth a {f} snare: but he who putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. (f) He who fears man more than God falls into a snare and is destroyed. Wesley's Notes 29:25 A snare - Is an occasion of many sins. King James Translators' Notes safe: Heb. set on high Scofield Reference Notes Margin trust See Scofield Note: "Ps 2:12", Also; Prov 28:25. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 25. The fear . snare-involves men in difficulty (compare Pr 29:6). shall be safe-(Compare Margin; Pr 18:10). Matthew Henry's Concise 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. | 
