Proverbs 29:6

Proverbs chapter 29 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

King James Version · 1611

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

American Standard Version · 1901

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

v.5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

v.6This passage

v.7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Proverbs 12:13
In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 118:15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.