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What does Proverbs 22:5 mean?
"Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them."
— Proverbs 22:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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