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Proverbs 5:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 5 · verse 22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.Proverbs 5:22 · King James Version
Proverbs 5:22 in context
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- iniquitiesʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- holdentâmakto sustainH8551 →
- cordschebela rope , especially a measuring lineH2256 →
- takelâkadto catchH3920 →
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Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23