Proverbs 22:5
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
In Context
4The reward of humility [and] the fear of LORD [is] riches and honor and life.
6Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Cross References
Joshua 23:13know for a certainty that LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight, but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good
Psalms 11:6He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 15:19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
Proverbs 19:16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul. He who is careless of his ways shall die.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:5
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life. See here, 1. Wherein religion does very much consist—in humility and the fear of the Lord; that is, walking humbly with God. We must so reverence God's majesty and authority as to submit with all humility to the commands of his word and the disposals of his providence. We must have such low thoughts of ourselves as to behave humbly towards God and man. Where the fear of God is there will be humility. 2. What is to be gotten by it— riches, and… Read the whole commentary →