Proverbs 5:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

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  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
  • Prov 1:31-32 : 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. 32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Hos 4:11-14 : 11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom. 12 My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God. 13 They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands. 14 I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh; 10 But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:
  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
  • Eph 5:5-6 : 5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

    8 His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

    9 His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

    10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

  • Isa 5:18
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    18 Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Ps 9:15-16
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    15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

    16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

  • Isa 3:11
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    11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

  • Job 20:11
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    11 His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

  • Job 22:5
    72%

    5 Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

  • Ezek 18:18
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    18 As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 ...

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

  • Job 20:22
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    22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

  • Jer 5:25
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    25 Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 35:8
    71%

    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Prov 21:18
    71%

    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Job 21:19-20
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    70%

    19 You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

    20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

  • Ps 7:15-16
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    15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

    16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

  • Job 5:13
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    13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Hos 13:12
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    12 The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.

  • Prov 1:31
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    31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

  • Prov 29:6
    70%

    6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Job 20:27
    70%

    27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • Isa 31:2
    70%

    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Ps 94:23
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    23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Job 14:22
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    22 Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

  • Prov 6:2
    70%

    2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24 But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

  • Job 27:22
    69%

    22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

  • Job 36:8
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    8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

  • Ezek 18:20
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    20 The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.

  • Prov 5:5
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    5 Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;