Proverbs 29:6
In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
In Context
5A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
7The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
Cross References
Job 18:7The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
Psalms 11:6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
Psalms 118:15The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
Proverbs 5:22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
Ecclesiastes 9:12Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:6
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 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. They have an ill design in it; they would not praise them as they do but that they hope… Read the whole commentary →