New King James Version
Proverbs 22:5
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will be 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 Living Translation (NLT)Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road; whoever values life will avoid it.
Context of Proverbs 22:5
3A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and are punished. 4By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will be far from them. 6Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. 7The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant 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 understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway.
- Joshua 23:13know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
- Job 18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 18:26With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
- Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
- Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
- Proverbs 19:16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of his ways will die.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- 1 John 5:18We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
- Jude 1:20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on 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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