Proverbs 5:22
A wicked person will be seized by his own iniquities; 1 the cords of his sin will hold him tight. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
21Yahweh sees everything a person does 1 and watches all the paths he takes. 1
23He will die because he lacks instruction; 1 he is led astray by his great foolishness.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you do not do so, look, you will have sinned against Yahweh. Be sure that your sin will find you out.
1 Kings 18:18Elijah answered, “I have not brought trouble to Israel, but you and your father's family are the ones who have caused trouble by abandoning the commandments of Yahweh and by following the Baals.
Job 18:8For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; 1 he will walk into a pitfall. 1
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; 1 their feet are caught in the net that they hid. 1
Proverbs 1:18These men lie in wait for their own blood— 1 they set an ambush for their own lives. 1
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, 1 but the crooked ways of the treacherous 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 →