Proverbs 22:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: He that keepeth his soul shall be 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 he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding giveth favour: But the way of the treacherous is rugged.

Proverbs 13:3

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as an hedge of thorns: But the path of the upright is made an highway.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 19:16

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul: But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Is riches, and honour, and life.

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

Joshua 23:13

know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

1 John 5:18

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not.