Proverbs 22:25
Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
In Context
24Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
26Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:14Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:
1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceiving yourselves,—evil communications corrupt gentle manners:—
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:25-26
Prudential Maxims. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Here is, 1. A good caution against being intimate with a passionate man. It is the law of friendship that we accommodate ourselves to our friends and be ready to serve them, and therefore we ought to be wise and wary in the choice of a friend, that we come not under the sacred tie to any one whom it would be our folly to accommodate ourselves to. Thought we… Read the whole commentary →