Proverbs 22:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep far from them.

Cross References

Job 18:8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.

Psalm 11:6

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

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides 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

He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 15:19

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

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.

Proverbs 19:16

He who keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises the word will die.

Proverbs 22:4

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

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

Proverbs 4:19

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

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, till you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

1 John 5:18

We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.