Proverbs 29:6
In the transgression of a wicked man there is a snare; But the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
Noyes 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 flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his feet.
7A righteous man careth for the cause of the poor; A wicked man discerneth not knowledge.
Cross References
Job 18:7His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he will rain lightning; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 118:15The voice of joy and salvation is in the habitations of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly;
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked; Yea, he shall be held fast by the cords of his own sins.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man maketh his way plain; But the wicked falleth through his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly 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 →