Proverbs 29:6
The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare: but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce.
Bible (Bishops')
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
5Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
7The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:22The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped.
Proverbs 11:5The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For a man knoweth not his tyme: but like as the fishes are taken with the angle, and as the byrdes are caught with the snare: euen so are men taken in the perillous time, when it commeth sodaynly vpon 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 →