Proverbs 29:6
By peysha (transgression) an ish rah is snared, 1 but the tzaddik doth sing and have simchah. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 gever that flattereth his neighbor 1 spreadeth a reshet (net) for his feet. 1
Cross References
Job 18:7The steps of his vigor shall be shortened, 1 and his own etzah (counsel, scheme) shall cast him down. 1
Psalms 11:6Upon the resha'im He shall rain snares, 1 eish and gofrit, 1 and a burning wind; 1 this shall be the portion of their kos (cup). 1
Psalms 118:15The voice of rejoicing and Yeshu'ah (salvation) 1 is in the ohalim of the tzaddikim; 1 the Yamin Hashem doeth valiantly. 1
Proverbs 5:22His own avonot shall entrap the rashah himself, 1 and he shall be held fast by the cords of his chattat. 1
Proverbs 11:5The tzidkat tamim (righteousness of the blameless) shall make his derech straight, 1 but the rasha shall fall by his own evil. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:12For haAdam also hath no da'as of his et (time, hour); + 9:12 but see Yn 13:1; 8:20; 7:30; 2:4 regarding the Moshiachʼs knowledge of his hour as the dagim that are caught in a metzodah rah (evil net), and as the birds that are trapped in the pach (snare), so are the Bnei HaAdam snared in an et ra'ah (evil time), 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 →