Proverbs 22:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.