Proverbs 5:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.”
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“The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
King James Version · Public Domain“His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 5:22 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Judges 9:57And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
- 1 Kings 18:18“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
- Esther 9:25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Job 18:8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
- Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Proverbs 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
- Proverbs 12:14By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 24:12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
- Proverbs 26:27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Obadiah 1:15For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
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