Proverbs 22:5
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
שָׁמַר
one who guards
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שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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רָחַק
he will be far
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רָחַק
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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פַּח
snares
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פַּח
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
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צֵן
thorns
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צֵן
a thorn; hence, a cactus-hedge
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עִקֵּשׁ
a perverse person
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עִקֵּשׁ
distorted; hence, false
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