Go
Articles on

Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
5
Thorns
tsen (Hebrew #6791)
a thorn; hence, a cactus-hedge
KJV usage: thorn.
Pronounce: tsane
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be prickly
and snares
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
x are in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of the froward
`iqqesh (Hebrew #6141)
distorted; hence, false
KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Pronounce: ik-kashe'
Origin: from 6140
: he that doth keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
shall be far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from them.
x
Job 18:8• 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. (Job 18:8)

More on:

+
Snare,
Soul; Spirit,
Thorns; Thistles

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
Thorns.
Prov. 13:15• 15Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is hard. (Prov. 13:15)
;
Prov. 15:19• 19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. (Prov. 15:19)
;
Josh. 23:13• 13Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. (Josh. 23:13)
;
Job 18:8• 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. (Job 18:8)
;
Psa. 11:6• 6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)
;
Psa. 18:26‑27• 26With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward.
 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. (Psa. 18:26‑27)
he.
Prov. 13:3• 3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. (Prov. 13:3)
;
Prov. 16:17• 17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. (Prov. 16:17)
;
Prov. 19:16• 16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. (Prov. 19:16)
;
Psa. 91:1• 1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psa. 91:1)
;
1 John 5:18• 18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. (1 John 5:18)
;
Jude 20‑21• 20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
 21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude 20‑21)
• The ungodly is insubordinate and self-willed. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverseb: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

JND Translation Notes

+
b
Or "crooked," "wayward."