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

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

the transgression

Proverbs 5:22 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Proverbs 11:5,6 The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. . . .

Proverbs 12:13 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Job 18:7-10 The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong. . . .

Psalm 11:6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul.

Isaiah 8:14,15 And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. . . .

2 Timothy 2:26 And they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil by whom they are held captive at his will.

but

Psalm 97:11 Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

Psalm 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.

Psalm 132:16 I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.

Romans 5:2,3 By whom also we have access through faith into this grace wherein we stand: and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God. . . .

James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations:

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

1 John 1:4 And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice and your joy may be full.