Proverbs 22:5 - New Revised Standard Version

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: He that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Common English Bible

⁵ Thorns and nets are in the path of the crooked; those who guard their lives keep their distance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Weapons and swords are on the way of the perverse. But he who guards his own soul withdraws far from them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.

Proverbs 22:5 Cross References

Job 18:8

For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and sulfur; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 91:1

You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,

Proverbs 13:15

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.

Proverbs 19:16

Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

Joshua 23:13

know assuredly that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you; but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.