Proverbs 5:22 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 1:1 (386)

Clothed as you are in the rotten garments of your offenses and "held fast in the meshes of your own sins," listen to the prophet's voice saying, "Wash yourselves clean! Put away the misdeeds of your souls from before my eyes," that the angelic choir may chant over you: "Happy [are] they whose faults are taken away, whose sins are covered."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He shall be holden with the cords of his sins - Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think they can give them up whenever they please; but sin repeated becomes customary; custom soon engenders habit; and habit in the end assumes the form of necessity; the man becomes bound with his own cords, and so is led captive by the devil at his will.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 915: “Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1870)

THE first sentence has reference to a net, in which birds or beasts are taken. The ungodly man first of all finds sin to be a bait, and, charmed by its apparent pleasantness he indulges in it, and then he becomes entangled in its meshes so that he cannot escape. That which first attracted the sinner, afterwards detains him.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו	a.vo.no.Tav	iniquities his	H5771 →
יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ	yil.ke.du.No	they will seize him	H3920 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרָשָׁ֑ע	ha.ra.Sha'	the wicked [person]	H7563 →
וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י	u.ve.chav.Lei	and by [the] cords of	H2256 →
חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ	cha.ta.To	sin his	H2403 →
יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃	yi.ta.Mekh	he will be held	H8551 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 32:23
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:12
  For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
- Proverbs 13:21
  Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
- Genesis 44:16
  “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and…
- Psalms 90:8
  You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
Through
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
leads to
- Psalms 9:15–16
  The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Proverbs 3:6
  in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Esther 7:3–10
  Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my…

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