Proverbs 5:22
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
In Context
21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
1 Kings 18:18Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.
Job 18:8His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
Psalms 9:15\9:14\So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
Proverbs 1:18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Proverbs 11:3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23
Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →