Proverbs 22:25
Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
In Context
24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
1 Corinthians 15:33Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good 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 →