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Proverbs 22:5

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Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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  1. Proverbs 22:3

    A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  2. Proverbs 22:4

    By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

  3. Proverbs 22:6

    Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  4. Proverbs 22:7

    The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.