Proverbs 5:22
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
עָוֺן
Iniquity, guilt, punishment. Avon. He forgives all your iniquity. God does not just forgive the act. He removes the guilt and the punishment.
חַטָּאָה
sin/ his
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חַטָּאָה
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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לָכַד
they will seize/ him
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לָכַד
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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תָּמַךְ
he will be held
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תָּמַךְ
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
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