Proverbs 5:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.d ”

Proverbs 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:1-9 ; Proverbs 5:10-19 ; Proverbs 5:20-23 . Three hortatory discourses exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and Proverbs 5:3 . The subject is the praise of Wisdom, and the desc...
Proverbs 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44. take . trap or entrap him. wicked . a lawless man. Hebrew. rasha, '. App-44. he shall be holden. Illustrations: Saul ( 1 Samuel 18:8 ; 1 Samuel 18:9 ....
Proverbs 5:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 766 THE CAPTIVATING POWER OF SIN Proverbs 5:22 . His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins . THE force of habit is well know...
Proverbs 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall be holden with the cords of his sins - Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think t...
Proverbs 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of...
Proverbs 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unholy Passion. Hallowed Love A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequences of adultery; loss of honour, property, life, o...
Proverbs 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His own iniquities ... — The final scene in the life of the profligate is here described. He has sinned so long that he is “tied and bound,” hand and foot, with the “chain of his sins,” and cannot g...
Proverbs 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 6 THE WAYS AND ISSUES OF SIN "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...
Proverbs 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and searching. It recognizes one of the most subtle and natural...
Proverbs 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strang...
Proverbs 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself ,.... As in a snare or net, as Gersom observes; in which the adulterer is so entangled that he cannot extricate himself; he may fancy that when he gr...
Proverbs 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. Ver. 22. His own iniquities shall take the wicked. ] As so many sergeants set on by God; who wi...
Proverbs 5:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His own iniquities shall take the wicked “Let him not think to escape, because he is so cunning that nobody observes him, or so powerful that no one can call him to an account; for his own manifold...
Proverbs 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Le...
Proverbs 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In vain doth he think to disentangle himself from his lusts by repenting when he grows in years, and to escape punishments; for he is in perfect bondage to his lusts, and is neither able nor willing...
Proverbs 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Epilogue. He Must Recognise That A Man's Ways Are Open To YHWH's Eyes, And Must Not Forfeit The Level Paths Through Folly ( Proverbs 5:21-23 ). The passage, like all previous passages, ends with a...
Proverbs 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. — Proverbs 5:21 . Pondereth, or “marketh out.” Proverbs 5:22 . Shall be holden , rather “is holden.” Proverbs 5:23 . Without , “for lack of.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAG...
Proverbs 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:3 . The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb. She employs all her arts for bread, for drunkenness, for crime. How wretched, how bitter is the life of a ruined and abandoned woma...
Proverbs 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself. Man as known by God and punished by sin I. Man as known by God. The fact that God knows man thoroughly, if practically realised, will have a fo...
Proverbs 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 5:1-20 8. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a subject which he has glanced...
Proverbs 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Chastity Contrasted with Unchastity
Proverbs 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:10 ; 1 Corinthians 5:9 ; Ecclesiastes 7:26 ; Ephesians 5:5 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Galatians 5:19-21 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Hebrews 13:4 ; Hosea 4:11-14 ; Jeremiah 2:1...
Proverbs 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Holden — He is in perfect bondage to his lusts, and is neither able nor wiling to set himself at liberty.

Proverbs 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 5:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 5:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes