Proverbs 29:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous man sings and rejoices.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The wicked are snared by their own sin; the righteous sing and rejoice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A snare will entangle the iniquitous when he sins. And the just shall praise and be glad.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A snare shall entangle the wicked man when he sinneth: and the just shall praise and rejoice.

Proverbs 29:6 Cross References

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 118:15

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

Psalm 132:16

Her priests also will I clothe with salvation: And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

Exodus 15:1

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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.

2 Timothy 2:26

and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by the Lord's servant unto the will of God.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

1 Peter 1:8

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

1 John 1:4

and these things we write, that our joy may be fulfilled.

Judges 20:41

And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.