Proverbs 29:6
In the transgression of a wicked man, is a snare, but, the righteous, doth shout in triumph and rejoice.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 neighbour, spreadeth, a net, over his steps.
7The righteous doth acknowledge the plea of the poor, but, the lawless, regardeth not knowledge.
Cross References
Job 18:7The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;
Psalms 11:6He will rain upon the lawless live-coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup.
Psalms 118:15The voice of shouting and salvation, is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly:
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap,—like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell 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 →