Proverbs 29:6
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
Berean Standard Bible
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 flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
7The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
Cross References
Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Psalms 118:15Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon 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 →