Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 5:22-23

"His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray." — Proverbs 5:22-23 (ASV)

His own iniquities ...—The final scene in the life of the profligate is here described. He has sinned so long that he is “tied and bound,” hand and foot, with the “chain of his sins,” and cannot get free even if he wished to do so.