Parallel Verses
Amplified
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
New American Standard Bible
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
King James Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Holman Bible
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
International Standard Version
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
A Conservative Version
His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
American Standard Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Darby Translation
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Julia Smith Translation
His iniquities shall take the unjust one, and with the cords of his sins shall he be held fast.
King James 2000
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
Modern King James verseion
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped.
NET Bible
The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
New Heart English Bible
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
The Emphasized Bible
His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Webster
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
World English Bible
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Youngs Literal Translation
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Themes
Bondage, spiritual » General references to the bondage of sin
Rope » Figurative » Of temptations
Sin » General references to the bondage of sin
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
21
For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:15-16
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Psalm 9:15
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Numbers 32:23
But if you do not do this, behold, you will have sinned against the Lord; and be sure that your sin will find you out.
Proverbs 1:18
But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].
Proverbs 1:31-32
“Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] way
And be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity and moral courage of the upright will guide them,
But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].
Jeremiah 2:19
“Your own wickedness will discipline you,
And your desertion of the faith will punish you.
Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing
For you to abandon (reject) the Lord your God,
And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord God of hosts.
Hosea 4:11-14
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away the mind and the [spiritual] understanding.
1 Corinthians 5:9-10
I wrote you in my [previous] letter not to associate with [sexually] immoral people—
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the practices of the
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
Ephesians 5:5-6
For be sure of this: no immoral, impure, or greedy person—for that one is [in effect] an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God [for such a person places a higher value on something other than God].
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.