"His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}" — Proverbs 5:22

Proverbs 5:22 · KJV

“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}”

— Proverbs 5:22

Verse 21

For the ways of man {are} before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Verse 23

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 5 — Context

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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. {sins: Heb. sin}

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:31-32

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

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. {direct: Heb. rectify}

Ephesians 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.

Hosea 4:11-14

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.

Numbers 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.

Psalms 9:15

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

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.