Proverbs 22:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Know 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 eye...
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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