Proverbs 5:22 “The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entang…”

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

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Cross references

“His”

Proverbs 11:5 Proverbs 1:18 Psalm 9:15 Hosea 4:11–14 Proverbs 11:3 Jeremiah 2:19

Proverbs 11:5 · BSB

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 1:18 · BSB

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Psalm 9:15 · BSB

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Hosea 4:11–14 · BSB

to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

Proverbs 11:3 · BSB

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

Jeremiah 2:19 · BSB

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

“holden”

Ecclesiastes 7:26

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

“sins”

Galatians 5:19–21 Hebrews 13:4 1 Corinthians 5:9 1 Corinthians 5:10 Ephesians 5:5 Ephesians 5:6

Galatians 5:19–21 · BSB

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

1 Corinthians 5:9 · BSB

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

1 Corinthians 5:10 · BSB

I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

Ephesians 5:5 · BSB

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:6 · BSB

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Also

Numbers 32:23

Numbers 32:23 · BSB

But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Read Proverbs 5