Proverbs 5:22
The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
Free Bible Version
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 the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
23They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you fail to do this, you will clearly be sinning against the Lord, and the consequences of your sin will catch up with you.
1 Kings 18:18“I'm not causing trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “It's you and your father's family! You have rejected the Lord's commands and are worshiping the Baals.
Job 18:8Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into their own pit they dug; their feet are trapped by their own net they set.
Proverbs 1:18However, these evil people hide ready to kill others, but they themselves are the victims. They're only ambushing themselves!
Proverbs 11:3Honesty guides the good, but deceit destroys liars.
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 →