New International Version
Proverbs 22:5
5In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road; whoever values life will avoid it.
Context of Proverbs 22:5
3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. 4Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them. 6Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is 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 judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Joshua 23:13then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.
- Job 18:8His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
- Psalms 11:6On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
- Psalms 18:26to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
- Proverbs 13:3Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
- Proverbs 19:16Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
- Psalms 91:1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.
- Jude 1:20But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and 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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