Proverbs 5:22

In 11 translations

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.sins: Heb. sin

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.

LSV

His own iniquities capture the wicked, || And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.

YLT

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁ֑ע וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

LXX-Br

Παρανομίαι ἄνδρα ἀγρεύουσι, σειραῖς δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν ἕκαστος σφίγγεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 1:31–32So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
• Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
• Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• Hosea 4:11–14Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding. My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against…
• Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
• Ephesians 5:5–6For 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. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the…
• Psalms 7:15–16He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Galatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I…
• Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the…
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And 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.
• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
• Jeremiah 2:19Your 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.
• 1 Corinthians 5:9–10I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 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.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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