Proverbs 22:5
3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
- KJV
- Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
- WEB
- Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
- ASV
- Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
- DARBY
- Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
- BLB
- Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the crooked; one guarding his soul will be far from them.
- ÅB
- Torner og snarer er der på den falskes vei; den som varer sitt liv, holder seg borte fra dem.
- OTB
- Torner og snarer ligger på den ondes vei; de som vokter sitt liv vil holde seg langt unna dem.
- B1930
- Torner og snarer er der på den falskes vei; den som varer sitt liv, holder sig borte fra dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
Read in contextJude 1:20–21
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Read in context1 John 5:18
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
Read in contextProverbs 15:19
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Read in contextPsalms 18:26–27
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
Read in contextProverbs 19:16
He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
Read in contextJob 18:8
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
Read in contextProverbs 13:15
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
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