Proverbs 29:6
4 By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- KJV
- In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
- WEB
- An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
- ASV
- In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
- DARBY
- In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
- BLB
- By transgression, a man of evil is snared, and a righteous one sings out and rejoices.
- ÅB
- En ond manns misgjerning er en snare for ham, men den rettferdige skal juble og glede seg.
- OTB
- Ugjerningsmenn blir fanget av sin egen synd, men de rettferdige synger og gleder seg.
- B1930
- En ond manns misgjerning er en snare for ham, men den rettferdige skal juble og glede sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:12
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:26
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
Read in contextJob 18:7–10
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Read in contextPsalms 132:16
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
Read in contextPsalms 97:11
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
Read in context1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Read in contextRomans 5:2–3
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
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