Bible verse
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Proverbs 22:5 · BSB
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.
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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