American Standard Version
"His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. "
— Proverbs 5:22, American Standard Version
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
“The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.”
“The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.”
“His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.”
“The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.”
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.