Proverbs 5:22

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

His own iniquities {H5771} shall take {H3920} the wicked {H7563} himself, and he shall be holden {H8551} with the cords {H2256} of his sins {H2403}.

A wicked person's own crimes will trap him, he will be held fast by the ropes of his sin.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 1:31 (3 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 1:32 (3 votes)

    For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Proverbs 11:5 (3 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 1:18 (3 votes)

    And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Psalms 9:15 (3 votes)

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

  • Hosea 4:11 (3 votes)

    Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Hosea 4:14 (3 votes)

    I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people [that] doth not understand shall fall.