Proverbs 22:5

WEB

⁵Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.

KJV

⁵Thorns^[+] and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

BSB

⁵Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

FBV

⁵Thorns and traps lie in the path of crooked people; those who value their lives will stay away from them.

Extra References

Proverbs 15:19

¹⁹The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 16:17

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

1 John 5:18

¹⁸We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

Jude 1:20-21

²⁰But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. ²¹Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Proverbs 19:16

¹⁶He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

Proverbs 13:15

¹⁵Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Job 18:8

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

¹³know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

Psalms 91:1

¹He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 13:3

³He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.