Proverbs 22:5
22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. By: or, The reward of humility, etcThorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
KJV
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
What does Proverbs 22:5 mean?
Proverbs 22:5 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צֵן (tsên), פַּח (pach), דֶּרֶךְ (derek). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 2:24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. violence: or, incursion
Jeremiah 50:11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; fat: Heb. big, or, corpulent bellow: or, neigh as steeds
Jeremiah 51:20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Micah 3:3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Revelation 11:3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. I will give: or, I will give unto my two witnesses that they may prophesy
Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 22:5.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Frequently asked questions
What does Proverbs 22:5 say?
Proverbs 22:5 (King James Version) reads: "Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them."
Is Proverbs 22:5 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 22:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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