Captive in sin

Proverbs 5:22 (NLT)
22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.

Here we find Solomon talking about a person who habitually sins. The person is held captive, bound by their own sins which keep them from living freely. They hold the person and keep them from finding true job in life.



From The Associated Press, Cincinnati, May 29—A man wanted on a parole violation was returned to jail after his parole officer spotted him kissing his girlfriend in a live crowd shot on the scoreboard at a Cincinnati Reds game. David Horton and his parole officer attended the same May 7 game when the smooching couple was caught by the "Kiss Cam" at Great American Ball Park.The parole officer and a police officer arrested Horton, 24, at his front-row seat, and he was taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center. "Out of all the coincidences, we had 20- or 30,000 people at the ballpark, and who do they put on the ‘Kiss Cam’? And then, who is there but his parole officer?" said Richard Goldberg, Horton’s attorney.

Sir Walter Scott wrote, “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When we first practice to deceive. Those who practice evil get tangled up in a web of lies, deceit and perpetual sin. There is no hiding from it. Eventually all are found out for no sin hides from the eyes of God.