Proverbs 29:6

New Living Translation

⁶Evil people are trapped by sin,
but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.

Proverbs 29:6

Common English Bible

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

¹⁰The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,
but the upright seek to help them.^[a]

29:10 Or The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, / and they seek to kill the upright; Hebrew reads The bloodthirsty hate blameless people; / as for the upright, they seek their life.

¹⁰Murderous people hate the innocent,
and they seek the lives of the virtuous.

²⁷The righteous despise the unjust;
the wicked despise the godly.

²⁷The unjust person is disgusting to the righteous;
the straight path is disgusting to the wicked.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Common English Bible (CEB)