Proverbs 29:6
In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.
7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.
Cross References
Job 18:7The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
Psalms 11:6Vpon the wicked he shall raine snares, fire, and brimstone, and stormie tempest: this is the porcion of their cup.
Psalms 118:15The voice of ioy and deliuerance shall be in the tabernacles of the righteous, saying, The right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly.
Proverbs 5:22His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousnes of the vpright shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For neither doth man knowe his time, but as the fishes which are taken in an euill net, and as the birdes that are caught in the snare: so are the children of men snared in the euill time when it falleth vpon 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 →