Proverbs 29:6
Evil people are trapped by their own sins, but those who do right sing and celebrate.
Free Bible Version
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
5Those who flatter their friends lay a net to trip them up.
7Good people care about treating the poor fairly, but the wicked don't think about it at all.
Cross References
Job 18:7Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
Psalms 11:6He will make blazing coals and sulfur rain down on the wicked; a scorching wind is what's coming on them.
Psalms 118:15Songs of celebration and victory come from the tents of the faithful. The Lord's powerful hand has done amazing things!
Proverbs 5:22The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
Proverbs 11:5The goodness of the innocent keeps them on track, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:12You can't predict when your end will come. Just like fish caught in a net, or birds caught in a trap, so people are suddenly caught by death when they least expect it.
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 →