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

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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.

22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way

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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Thornsצֵןtsên/tsane/H6791a thorn; hence, a cactus-hedge
and
snaresפַּחpach/pakh/H6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
are
in
the
wayדֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of
the
froward:עִקֵּשׁʻiqqêsh/ik-kashe'/H6141distorted; hence, false
he
that
doth
keepשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
his
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
shall
be
farרָחַקrâchaq/raw-khak'/H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
from
them.

Commentary on Proverbs 22:5

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 22:5
atious and dangerous: In the way of the froward, that crooked way, which is contrary to the will and word of God, thorns and snares are found, thorns of grief for past sins and snares entangling them in further sin. He that makes no conscience of what he says and does will find himself hampered by that imaginary liberty, and tormented by his pleasures. Froward people, who are soon angry, expose themselves to trouble at every step. Every thing will fret and vex him that will fret and vex at every thing. 2. The way of duty is safe and easy: He that keeps his soul, that watches carefully over his own heart and ways, is far from those thorns and snares, for his way is both plain and pleasant. 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Here is, 1. A great duty enjoined, particularly to those that are the parents and ins

Cross-references

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Exodus 2:23

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 2:24

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Proverbs 7:2

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Isaiah 3:15

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Isaiah 52:5

Now 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 22:17

But 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 50:11

Because 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 51:20

Thou 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 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar 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 3:2

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3

Who 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 11:3

And 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 17:6

And 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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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 22:5.

Exodus 23:20

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 18:19

For 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 28:20

And 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 3:24

So 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.

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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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