Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:5
5There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them.
Proverbs 22:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
- New International Version (NIV)In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will be far from them.
Context of Proverbs 22:5
3A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished. 4Humility, the fear of the Lord, results in wealth, honor, and life. There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them. 6Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
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צִנִּ֣ים פַּ֭חִים בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עִקֵּ֑שׁ שׁוֹמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ יִרְחַ֥ק מֵהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:5
- Proverbs 13:15Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous never changes.
- Proverbs 15:19A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Joshua 23:13know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a sharp stick for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
- Job 18:8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.
- Psalms 11:6Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked; let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.
- Psalms 18:26with the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.
- Proverbs 13:3The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright avoids evil; the one who guards his way protects his life.
- Proverbs 19:16The one who keeps commands preserves himself; one who disregards his ways will die.
- Psalms 91:1The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 1 John 5:18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
- Jude 1:20But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thorns and snares - Various difficulties, trials, and sufferings.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5Verse 5 The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Living by deceit is risky. Corrupt people never know when others will discover their treachery or when it will backfire.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. he that ... them--Those who properly watch over their own souls are thus preserved from the dangers which attend the way of perverse men (Pr 16:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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