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Proverbs 22:5

World English Bible

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked:
whoever guards his soul stays from them.

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Proverbs 22:5 in other translations

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Proverbs 22:5 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 22:5 in context

  1. 3A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
    but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  2. 4The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
    is wealth, honor, and life.
  3. 5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked:
    whoever guards his soul stays from them.
  4. 6Train up a child in the way he should go,
    and when he is old he will not depart from it.
  5. 7The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.