Proverbs 5:22
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.
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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- BSB
- The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- KJV
- His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- WEB
- The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
- ASV
- His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
- DARBY
- His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
- BLB
- His own iniquities capture a wicked one, and he is held with the cords of his sin.
- ÅB
- Den ugudelige fanges i sine egne misgjerninger, og han holdes fast i sin egen synds snarer.
- OTB
- De ondes misgjerninger vil fange dem, og de vil bli holdt fast av sine synders bånd.
- B1930
- Den ugudelige fanges i sine egne misgjerninger, og han holdes fast i sin egen synds snarer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 1:31–32
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in contextProverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Read in contextHosea 4:11–14
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Read in contextEphesians 5:5–6
For 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.
Read in contextProverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Read in contextNumbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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