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Proverbs 5:22

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 5:22 in other translations

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

Proverbs 5:22 · World English Bible

Proverbs 5:22 in context

  1. 20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
  2. 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
  3. 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
  4. 23He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.