Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Thornes and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doeth keepe his soule, shalbe farre from them.
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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.
20But yee beloued, building vp your selues on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost,
21Keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ vnto eternall life.
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26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
26‖With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shew thy selfe froward.
27For thou wilt saue the afflicted people: but wilt bring downe high lookes.
- Joshua 23:13Rank 10 from verse 5
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.
13Know for a certainety, that the LORD your God will no more driue out any of these nations from before you: *but they shalbe snares and traps vnto you, and scourges in your sides, and thornes in your eyes, vntill yee perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath giuen you.
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Proverbs 22:5
Sense 1: Sharp spines or prickles. Sense 2: Thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.
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Sense 1: Devices or stratagems used to catch or entangle. Sense 2: Figuratively, causes of danger, sin, or ruin.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.
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Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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22:4By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
22:4*‖By humilitie and the feare of the LORD, are riches, and honour, and life.
22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
22:5Thornes and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doeth keepe his soule, shalbe farre from them.
Selected passage22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
22:6‖†Traine vp a childe in the way he should goe: and when he is olde, hee will not depart from it.