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Proverbs 5:22
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 5:22 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 5:22 in other translations
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
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In context
19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
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