Proverbs 5:22
His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
23Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not doe so, beholde, ye haue sinned against the Lord, and be sure, that your sinne will finde you out.
1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I haue not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commandements of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
Job 18:8For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.
Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
Proverbs 1:18So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
Proverbs 11:3The vprightnes of the iust shall guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy 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 →