Proverbs 5:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.

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  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made. 16 His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
  • Prov 1:31-32 : 31 Therefore shal they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises. 32 For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.
  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 (7:28) And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine owne wickednes shal correct thee, and thy turnings backe shal reprooue thee: know therefore and beholde, that it is an euil thing, and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my feare is not in thee, sayeth the Lorde God of hostes.
  • Hos 4:11-14 : 11 Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart. 12 My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God. 13 They sacrifice vpon the toppes of ye mountaines, and burne incense vpon the hilles vnder the okes, and the poplar tree, and the elme, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall be harlots, and your spouses shall be whores. 14 I will not visite your daughters when they are harlots: nor your spouses when they are whores: for they themselues are separated with harlots, and sacrifice with whores: therefore the people that doeth not vnderstand, shall fall.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto you in an Epistle, that ye should not companie together with fornicatours, 10 And not altogether with the fornicatours of this world, or with the couetous, or with extorsioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must goe out of the world.
  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Moreouer the workes of the flesh are manifest, which are adulterie, fornication, vncleannes, wantonnes, 20 Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, seditions, heresies, 21 Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape. 8 For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shal of the spirit reape life euerlasting.
  • Eph 5:5-6 : 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ, and of God. 6 Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if ye will not doe so, beholde, ye haue sinned against the Lorde, and be sure, that your sinne will finde you out.

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  • Job 18:7-10
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    7The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

    8For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

    9The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

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  • Prov 5:23
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    23Hee shall die for faute of instruction, and shall goe astraie through his great follie.

  • Isa 5:18
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    18Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes:

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

    6The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • Ps 9:15-16
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    15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

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  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26For when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnes, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die for the same, he shal euen die for his iniquitie, that he hath done.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

  • Job 20:11
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    11His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shal lie downe with him in the dust.

  • Job 22:5
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    5Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?

  • Ezek 18:18
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    18His father, because he cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence, and hath not done good among his people, loe, euen he dyeth in his iniquitie.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When the righteous turneth from his righteousnesse, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die thereby.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

  • Job 20:22
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    22When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.

  • Jer 5:25
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    25Yet your iniquities haue turned away these things, and your sinnes haue hindred good things from you.

  • Prov 13:6
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  • Ps 35:8
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    8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

  • Job 21:19-20
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    19God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.

    20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.

  • Ps 7:15-16
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    15Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.

    16His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.

  • Job 5:13
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    13He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19As righteousnes leadeth to life: so hee that followeth euill, seeketh his owne death.

  • Hos 13:12
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    12The iniquitie of Ephraim is bound vp: his sinne is hid.

  • Prov 1:31
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    31Therefore shal they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heauen shal declare his wickednes, & the earth shal rise vp against him.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • Ps 94:23
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    23And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

  • Job 14:22
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    22But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shal mourne.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art euen taken with the woordes of thine owne mouth.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24But if the righteous turne away from his righteousnes, & commit iniquitie, and doe according to all the abominations, that the wicked man doeth, shall he liue? all his righteousnes that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: but in his transgression that he hath committed, and in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them shal he die.

  • Job 27:22
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    22And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

  • Job 36:8
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    8And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes of affliction,

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.

  • Ezek 18:20
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    20The same soule that sinneth, shal die: the sonne shall not beare the iniquitie of the father, neither shall the father beare the iniquitie of the sonne, but the righteousnes of the righteous shall be vpon him, and the wickednesse of the wicked shall be vpon him selfe.

  • Prov 5:5
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    5Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell.