Proverbs 5:22
King James Version (KJV)
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
American Standard Version (ASV)
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
World English Bible (WEB)
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Proverbs 5:22 Cross References
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
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.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
