Proverbs 5:22

Catholic Public Domain Version

His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:18

And he said: "I have not troubled Israel. But it is you, and the house of your father, who have abandoned the commandments of the Lord, and have followed the Baals.

Esther 9:25

And so Haman went out that day joyful and cheerful. And when he saw that Mordecai was sitting in front of the gate of the palace, and that he alone did not get up for him, but did not so much as move from the place where he sat, he was very indignant.

Job 18:8

For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web.

Psalm 40:12

By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

Psalm 9:15

You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

Psalm 9:17

The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.

Proverbs 1:18

Likewise, they lie in ambush against their own blood, and they undertake deceits against their own souls.

Proverbs 11:3

The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them.

Proverbs 11:5

The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.

Proverbs 11:6

The justice of the upright shall free them. And the iniquitous will be seized by their own treachery.

Proverbs 12:14

By the fruit of his own mouth, each one shall be filled with good things, and according to the works of his own hands, it will be distributed to him.

Proverbs 14:32

The impious will be expelled in his malice. But the just finds hope even in his own death.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 24:12

If you would say: "I do not have sufficient strength." He who inspects the heart, the same one understands, and nothing slips past the one who preserves your soul. And he shall repay a man according to his works.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own malice will reprove you, and your own apostasy will rebuke you! But know and perceive this: it is an evil and bitter thing for you to forsake the Lord your God, and to be without my fear within you, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

Lamentations 1:14

NUN. Vigilant is the yoke of my iniquities. They have been folded together in his hand and imposed on my neck. My virtue has been weakened. The Lord has given me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the Lord is near, over all nations. Just as you have done, so will it be done to you. He will turn back your retribution on your own head.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do what you have said, no one could doubt that you will have sinned against God. And know this: your sin shall overtake you.

Hebrews 13:4

May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

Judges 20:41

And those who before had pretended to flee, turning their faces, withstood them more strongly. And when the sons of Benjamin had seen this, they turned their backs in flight,

Judges 9:57

The Shechemites also were given retribution for what they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, fell upon them.