Proverbs 29:6
A snare [is] in the transgression of the evil, || And the righteous sing and rejoice.
Literal Standard 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
5A man taking a portion above his neighbor, || Spreads a net for his own steps.
7The righteous knows the plea of the poor, || The wicked does not understand knowledge.
Cross References
Job 18:7The steps of his strength are restricted, || And his own counsel casts him down.
Psalms 11:6He pours on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, || And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup.
Psalms 118:15A voice of singing and salvation, || [Is] in the tents of the righteous, || The right hand of YHWH is doing valiantly.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities capture the wicked, || And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, || And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For even man does not know his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, the sons of man are snared like these at an evil time when it falls on 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 →