Bible verse

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Proverbs 22:5 · BSB

Proverbs 22:5 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 22.

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

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.

5 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.

8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Read all of Proverbs 22

Proverbs 22:5 in other translations

KJV

Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

ASV

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

ERV

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

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