Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities capture the wicked, || And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
Literal Standard 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 ways of each are before the eyes of YHWH, || And He is pondering all his paths.
23He dies without instruction, || And magnifies himself in the abundance of his folly!
Cross References
Numbers 32:23And if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against YHWH, and know that your sin finds you;
1 Kings 18:18And he says, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and the house of your father, in your forsaking the commands of YHWH, and you go after the Ba‘alim;
Job 18:8For he is sent into a net by his own feet, || And he habitually walks on a snare.
Psalms 9:15Nations have sunk in a pit they made, || Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their own blood, || They watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright leads them, || And the perverseness of the treacherous 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 →