Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares are on the way of a perverse man: he that doth guard his soul will keep far from them.
Leeser Tanakh
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 the Lord are riches and honor, and life.
Cross References
Joshua 23:13Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and stings in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
Psalms 11:6He letteth rain upon the wicked burning coals, fire and brimstone; and a glowing wind is the portion of their cup.
Psalms 91:1He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.
Proverbs 13:3He that watcheth his mouth guardeth his soul; but he that openeth wide his lips [prepareth] himself destruction.
Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful man is like a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is a levelled [road].
Proverbs 19:16He that observeth the commandment guardeth his own soul: but he that disregardeth [directing] his ways [aright] 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 →