Proverbs 5:22 (WEB)
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Fathers and councils · 12
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For He called all men that mourn; and granting forgiveness to those who had been led into captivity by their sins, He loosed them from their chains, of whom Solomon says, “Every one shall be holden with the cords of his own sins.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7Conference XX
“…for mine own sake, and thine offences I will no longer remember;” and so, when he is freed from the “cords of his sins,” by which “everyone is bound,” he will with all thanksgiving sing to the Lord: “Thou hast broken my chains: I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.9Conference XXIII
“Know thou and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee to have left the Lord thy God;” for “every man is bound by the cords of his sins.”” — editor's note: Hos. vii. 13; ix. 12; Jer. ii. 19; Prov. v. 22.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24Conference XXIV
“Since, as Solomon is witness, “Each man shall thereby be punished, whereby he has sinned.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22; Isa. l. 11; Wisd. xi. 17.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For Thou harmest no man, but each one is bound by the bands of his own sins.” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
Read the whole comment“Thereby are they deceived, whereby they would deceive.” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
Read the whole comment“Hear why chains they are: the Scripture maketh answer, “with the chains of his sins each one is bound fast.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
Read the whole comment“For “each one is holden with the cords of his sins,” saith Scripture.” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
Read the whole comment“For, “With the cords of his own sins is every one bound.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“There is also such a proverb as this: ‘The wicked is held fast by the chain of his sins.’” — editor's note: Ib. xxxvii. 15; Prov. v. 22.
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Jerome
“Mary is “a garden enclosed…a fountain sealed,” and from that fountain flows, according to Joel, the river which waters the torrent bed either of cords or of thorns; of cords being those of the sins by which we were beforetime bound, the thorns those which choked the seed the goodman of the house had sown.” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. v. 22.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Transgressions catch a man; and in the cords of his own sins each one is bound.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 22.
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.9.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.16.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.9.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.9.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.16.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.16.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.24.