Proverbs 5:22
His own avonot shall entrap the rashah himself, 1 and he shall be held fast by the cords of his chattat. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 the drakhim ish are before the eyes of Hashem, 1 and He pondereth all his ma'agalot (paths). 1
23He shall die without musar; 1 and in the greatness of his folly he shall be led astray.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, hinei, ye have sinned against Hashem and be sure chattatechem (your sin) will find you out.
1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I have not troubled Yisroel; but thou, and the Bais Avicha, in that ye have forsaken the Mitzvot Hashem, and thou hast followed after the Ba'alim.
Job 18:8For he is cast into a reshet by his own raglayim, 1 and he walketh into a pitfall. 1
Psalms 9:15That I may show forth all Thy praise in the Sha'arei Bat Tziyon. 1 I will rejoice in Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation). 1
Proverbs 1:18And they lie in wait for their own dahm; 1 they lurk secretly for their own nafshot. 1
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the yesharim (upright ones) shall guide them, 1 but the deceit of the bogedim (treacherous ones) shall destroy them. 1
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 →