Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man,—and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
23He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But, if ye shall not do this, lo! ye will have sinned against Yahweh,—and take note of your sin, that it will find you out.
1 Kings 18:18And he said—I have not troubled Israel, but, thou and the house of thy father,—in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and followed Baal.
Job 18:8For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;
Psalms 9:15The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
Proverbs 1:18Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright, shall guide them, but, the crookedness of the treacherous, shall be their ruin.
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 →