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Proverbs 22:5

American Standard Version

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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Proverbs 22:5 in other translations

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked:
whoever guards his soul stays from them.

Proverbs 22:5 · World English Bible

Proverbs 22:5 in context

  1. 3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  2. 4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.
  3. 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
  4. 6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
  5. 7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.