KJV King James Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
WEB World English Bible
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
ASV American Standard Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 5
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 woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.Proverbs 1:31-32Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.Hosea 4:11-14Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.Psalm 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.Ephesians 5:5-6For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.Galatians 6:7-8Be 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] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.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 bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.1 Corinthians 5:9-10I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:Hebrews 13:4Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Psalm 7:15-16He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.Galatians 5:19-21Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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