Proverbs 22:5

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We 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 : 20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves 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 to 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 soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
  • Josh 23:13 : 13 know for a certainty that Yahweh 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 Yahweh your God has given you.
  • Job 18:8 : 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
  • Ps 18:26-27 : 26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. 27 For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

  • Prov 16:17
    77%

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

  • Prov 22:25
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    25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

    15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    76%

    15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

    16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Prov 2:12-13
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    12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

    13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Job 18:10
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    10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.

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

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

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Prov 5:21-22
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    73%

    21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

    22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

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

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 27:12
    73%

    12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

  • Job 18:8
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    8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

  • Prov 22:3-4
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    72%

    3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

    4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

  • Job 5:4-5
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    4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

    5 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

  • Job 22:10
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    10 Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    72%

    14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

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

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

  • Prov 11:5
    72%

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

  • Job 33:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 6:14
    72%

    14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 11:3
    72%

    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

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

  • Prov 21:23
    72%

    23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 14:27
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    27 The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.