Proverbs 22:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

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  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
  • Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.
  • Prov 19:16 : 16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.
  • Josh 23:13 : 13 Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
  • Job 18:8 : 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.
  • Ps 18:26-27 : 26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself contrary. 27 For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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

  • Prov 16:17
    77%

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

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    76%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    76%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

    16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

  • Prov 2:12-13
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    12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

    13Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 2:15
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    15Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Job 18:10
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    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Prov 5:21-22
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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.

    22His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Job 18:8
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    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

  • Prov 22:3-4
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    72%

    3A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

    4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.

  • Job 5:4-5
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    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver them.

    5Whose harvest the hungry devour, and take it even out of the thorns, and the thief swallows up their substance.

  • Job 22:10
    72%

    10Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    72%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:

  • Prov 11:5
    72%

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Job 33:18
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    18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Prov 6:14
    72%

    14Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 14:27
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    27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.