Proverbs 22:5

Modern English Version

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul will be far from them.

Cross References

Job 18:8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked He will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding gives favor, but the way of traitors is their destruction.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 15:19

The road of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is a highway.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright departs from evil; he who guards his way preserves his soul.

Proverbs 19:16

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is reckless in his ways will die.

Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is ensnared by his sin, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

Proverbs 4:19

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

Joshua 23:13

know 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, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God does not keep on sinning. But whoever has been born of God guards himself, and the wicked one cannot touch him.