King James Version
Proverbs 22:5 in the King James Version says “Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.”
Proverbs 22:5 · KJV
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. By: or, The reward of humility, etc
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender . the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“he that doth keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“his soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“shall be far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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