Proverbs 5:22
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
לָכַד
lâkad
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
חֶבֶל
chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a c...
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
לָכַד lâkad
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
Study H3920 →חֶבֶל chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especi...
Study H2256 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear...
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