Proverbs 5:22

New English Translation

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:18

Elijah replied, “I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

Esther 9:25

But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

Job 18:8

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

Psalm 40:12

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

Psalm 9:15

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

Proverbs 1:18

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

Proverbs 12:14

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

Proverbs 26:27

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Lord God who rules over all.

Lamentations 1:14

My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist. ס (Samek)

Obadiah 1:15

“For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.

Numbers 32:23

“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Judges 20:41

When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.

Judges 9:57

God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.