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Proverbs 29:6 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 29 · verse 6
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.Proverbs 29:6 · King James Version
Proverbs 29:6 in context
4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressionpeshaʻa revoltH6588 →
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- snaremôwqêsha nooseH4170 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- singrânanproperly, to creakH7442 →
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Here is, 1. The peril of a sinful way. There is not only a punishment at the end of it, but a snare in it. One sin is a temptation to another, and there are troubles which, as a snare, come suddenly upon evil men in the midst of their transgressions; nay, their transgression itself often involves them in vexations;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary