Bible verse
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Proverbs 5:22 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 5.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
22 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
23 He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
KJV
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
ASV
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
ERV
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
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