Proverbs 29:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous man sings and rejoices.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Common English Bible

⁶ The wicked are snared by their own sin; the righteous sing and rejoice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ A snare will entangle the iniquitous when he sins. And the just shall praise and be glad.

Proverbs 29:6 Cross References

2 Timothy 2:26

and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

Psalm 118:15

There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for the righteous and joy for the upright in heart.

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and sulfur; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

1 Peter 1:8

Although you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

James 1:2

My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy,

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.

Psalm 132:16

Its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy.

1 John 1:4

We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

Judges 20:41

Then the main body of Israel turned, and the Benjaminites were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.