Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Berean Standard Bible
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 the LORD examines all his paths.
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
1 Kings 18:18“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
Job 18:8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys 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 →