American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:22
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked,And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 5:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- New International Version (NIV)The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
Context of Proverbs 5:22
20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:22 word by word
עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁ֑ע וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:22
- Proverbs 1:18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
- Psalms 7:15He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
- Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;
- Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
- Ephesians 5:5For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
- Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22He shall be holden with the cords of his sins - Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think they can give them up whenever they please; but sin repeated becomes customary; custom soon engenders habit; and habit in the end assumes the form of necessity; the man becomes bound with his own cords, and so is led captive by the devil at his will.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Habitual sins are like ropes that trap and hold people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. and He will cause sin to bring its punishment.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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