Proverbs 22:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
  • Ps 106:35 : 35 But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

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  • 24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

  • 26Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

  • 15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 22:5-6
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    5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

    6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • 12But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

  • 10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 6:1-3
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    1My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

    2You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

    3Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • 17Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • 1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

    15Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • 8Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

  • Prov 5:8-10
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    8Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

    9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

    10And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

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  • 25Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • 31Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

  • 4Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

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    18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • 6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

    25Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

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    24A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

    25The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

  • 29A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

  • 25It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

  • 21Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • 20Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • 10The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • 2The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

  • 18A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • 5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • 15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • 15He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

  • 20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • 10For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

  • 16To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • 15So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

  • 12Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

  • 17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • 17Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

  • 27A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • 2Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

  • 5Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

  • 20Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.