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Selected Verse: Proverbs 5:22 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 5:22	Strong Concordance	His own iniquities [05771] shall take [03920] the wicked [07563] himself, and he shall be holden [08551] with the cords [02256] of his sins [02403].
	King James	His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
and He will cause sin to bring its punishment.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

and He will cause sin to bring its punishment.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Holden - He is in perfect bondage to his lusts, and is neither able nor wiling to set himself at liberty.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Holden - He is in perfect bondage to his lusts, and is neither able nor wiling to set himself at liberty.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He shall be holden with the cords of his sins - Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think they can give them up whenever they please; but sin repeated becomes customary; custom soon engenders habit; and habit in the end assumes the form of necessity; the man becomes bound with his own cords, and so is led captive by the devil at his will.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

He shall be holden with the cords of his sins - Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think they can give them up whenever they please; but sin repeated becomes customary; custom soon engenders habit; and habit in the end assumes the form of necessity; the man becomes bound with his own cords, and so is led captive by the devil at his will.

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