Proverbs 22:5

and. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read this "and" in the text.

froward. perverse. See note on Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 3:32. Illustrations: Israel (Judges 2:2; Judges 2:3.Joshua 23:12; Joshua 23:13. contrast with Joshua 21:43-45; Joshua 24:31); Ahab (1 Kings 17:1. 1Ki 18:5. 1 Kings 21:4; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings 22:37).

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⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 22:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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