Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
The transgression
Bible References
The transgression
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man's sinful speech ensnares him, but the righteous person escapes from trouble.
Job 18:7
His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up.
Psalm 11:6
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
Isaiah 8:14
Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.
2 Timothy 2:26
so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.
But
Psalm 97:11
Light shines on the righteous; gladness on the morally upright.
Psalm 118:15
There's exultation for deliverance in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD is victorious!
Psalm 132:16
I will clothe its priests with salvation and its godly ones will shout for joy.
Romans 5:2
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory.
James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,
1 Peter 1:8
Though 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,
1 John 1:4
We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.