Proverbs 22:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.
  • Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
  • Prov 19:16 : 16 The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.
  • Josh 23:13 : 13 know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you.
  • Job 18:8 : 8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
  • Ps 18:26-27 : 26 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse. 27 For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, and resides in the protective shadow of the Sovereign One–
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

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

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

  • Prov 2:12-13
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    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

    13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

  • Prov 2:15
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    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Job 18:10
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    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Prov 5:21-22
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    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

    22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Job 18:8
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    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Prov 22:3-4
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    3A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.

    4The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.

  • Job 5:4-5
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    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

    5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.

  • Job 22:10
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    10That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

  • Job 33:18
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    18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Prov 14:27
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    27The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.