Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs 5:22 in other translations
| BSB | The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him. |
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| WEB | The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. |
| ASV | His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. |
| YLT | His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden. |
| DARBY | His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. |
| BBE | The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin. |
| Webster | His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. |
What does Proverbs 5:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 5:22-23
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 5:15-23
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish…
Proverbs 5:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 5:22
- Proverbs 1:31-32
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Hosea 4:11-14
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
- Ephesians 5:5-6
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- Psalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9-10
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
- Jeremiah 2:19
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
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- Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 5:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Prenderán al impío sus propias iniquidades, y detenido será con las cuerdas de su pecado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le méchant, ses iniquités le saisiront, et il sera tenu par les cordes de son péché; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die eigenen Missetaten werden ihn, den Gesetzlosen, fangen, und in seiner Sünde Banden wird er festgehalten werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur. |