King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 22:5
“Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 22
3
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4
By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
5
Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.