Proverbs 22:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Proverbs 22:5 Cross References

Proverbs 15:19

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

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.

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 13:15

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

Job 18:8

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

Proverbs 13:3

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

Psalm 91:1

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

Psalm 11:6

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

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.

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.