Proverbs 5:22
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The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
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The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. 2. To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phi 3:1. Here is, I. An exhortation to get acquaintance with and submit to the laws of wisdom in general (Pro 5:2). II. A particular caution against the sin of whoredom (Pro 5:3-14). III. Remedies prescribed against that sin. 1. Conjugal love (Pro 5:15-20). 2. A regard to God's omniscience (Pro 5:21). 3. A dread of the miserable end of wicked people (Pro 5:22, Pro 5:23). And all little enough to arm young people against those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
Open source ↗5:22 Habitual sins are like ropes that catch and hold people.
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The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.