Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 22:5 in context
Proverbs 22:2–8
2
The rich and the poor have this in common:
The LORD is the maker of them all.
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 the LORD
is wealth, honor, and life.
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Selected verse
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7
The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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