Proverbs 22:5

The English Standar Version

Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul 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 its mesh.

Psalm 11:6

Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall 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 sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.[3]

Proverbs 13:3

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

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 16:17

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

Proverbs 19:16

Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.[1]

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 for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for 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 everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.