Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.
1 Kings 18:18And he said: I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, who have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and have followed Baalim.
Job 18:8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
Psalms 9:15Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
Proverbs 1:18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
Proverbs 11:3The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
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 →