Proverbs 29:6
In the transgression of a man there is an evil snare: but the righteous ever singeth and rejoiceth.
Leeser Tanakh
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 that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his steps.
Cross References
Job 18:7His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
Psalms 11:6He letteth rain upon the wicked burning coals, fire and brimstone; and a glowing wind is the portion of their cup.
Psalms 118:15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked fall.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time, like the fishes that are caught in an evil net, and like the birds that are caught in the snare: like these are the sons of men ensnared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
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 →