Proverbs 5:22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.

English Standard Version
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

New American Standard Bible
His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

King James Bible
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man's iniquities entrap him; he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

International Standard Version
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.

American Standard Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Darby Bible Translation
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Young's Literal Translation
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

Cross References

Numbers 32:23
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

Judges 20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come on them.

Psalm 7:15
He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.

Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up on my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the LORD has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

5:15-23 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 sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

22, 23. and He will cause sin to bring its punishment.