Proverbs 22 · Verse 25

Proverbs 22:25

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Proverbs 22:25, King James Version

Proverbs 22:25 in other translations

BSBor you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
WEBlest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
ASVLest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
YLTLest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.
DARBYlest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
BBEFor fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.
WebsterLest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

What does Proverbs 22:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 22:24-25

24-25. (Compare Pr 2:12-15; 4:14).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 22:24-25

Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion.

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Proverbs 22:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
תֶּאֱלַ֥ףte.'e.Lafyou should learnH502
אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו'a.re.cha.tovways hisH734
וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
מוֹקֵ֣שׁmo.Kesha snareH4170
לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ\׃le.naf.She.khafor self yourH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 22:25

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

  • Psalms 106:35

    But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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13:20; Ps 106:35; 1Co 15:33

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Context

  • Proverbs 22:24

    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

  • Proverbs 22:25

    Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

  • Proverbs 22:26

    Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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Proverbs 22:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no aprendas sus maneras, y tomes lazo para tu alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		de peur que tu n’apprennes ses sentiers, et que tu n’emportes un piège dans ton âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871		damit du seine Pfade nicht lernest und einen Fallstrick davontragest für deine Seele.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ne forte discas semitas ejus, et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ.