Proverbs 22:25
WEB
lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
BSB
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
KJV
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6435
conj — removal, lest
Derivation: from 6437;
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
KJV: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
conj — lest
פֶּן־ 133 (alw. with Makkeph) conj. (adverting or deprecating), lest
1. with impf.
2. with Pf., the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place
H502
v — learn, teach
Derivation: a primitive root, to associate with;
hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)
KJV: learn, teach, utter.
vb — learn
[אָלַף] vb. learn
Qal Impf.
Pi. teach
H734
n-m — road, caravan
Derivation: from 732;
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
n.m — way
אֹ֫רַח n.m. way, path
1. lit.
2. fig. path, way, of course & fortunes of life
3. fig. way, of mode of living, or character
4. by meton. traveller, wayfarer
H3947
v — take
Derivation: a primitive root;
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
vb — take
לָקַח 965 vb. take
Qal
1. take, take in hand
2. take and carry along with oneself
3.
a. take from, or out of
b. take, carry away
c. take away from, so as to deprive of
d. esp. take away life
4. take to or for a person
5. take up, upon = put upon
6. = fetch
7. take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
8. take = capture, seize
9. take = carry off
10. in phr. take vengeance
Niph.
1. be captured, of ark
2. be taken away, removed
3. be taken, brought unto
Pu.
1. be taken from, out of
2. = be stolen from
3. be taken captive
4. be taken away, removed
Hoph.
1. be taken, brought unto
2. be taken out of
3. be taken away from
Hithp. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
H4170
n-m — noose, hook
Derivation: or מֹקֵשׁ; from 3369;
a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
KJV: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
n.m — a bait
מוֹקֵשׁ n.m. prop. a bait or lure in a fowler's net; then fig. a snare
H5315
n-f — breathing creature, animal, vitality
Derivation: from 5314;
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
n.f — soul
נֶ֫פֶשׁ 756 n.f. soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
1. = that which breathes, the breathing substance or being
2. The נפשׁ becomes a living being
3. The נפשׁ is specif.
4. The נפשׁ as the essential of man stands for the man himself
5. נפשׁ = seat of the appetites, in all periods (46 t.)
6. נ׳ = seat of emotions and passions
7. נפשׁ is used occasionally for mental acts
8. נפשׁ for acts of the will is dub.
9. נפשׁ = character is still more dub.
10. נ׳ in D
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Verses 24–25
Proverbs 22:24–25
Here is, 1. A good caution against being intimate with a passionate man. It is the law of friendship that we accommodate ourselves to our friends and be ready to serve them, and therefore we ought to be wise and wary in the choice of a friend, that we come not under the sacred tie to any one whom it would be our folly to accommodate ourselves to. Thought we must be civil to all, yet we must be careful whom we lay in our bosoms and contract a familiarity with. And, among others, a man who is easily provoked, touchy, and apt to resent affronts, who, when he is in a passion, cares not what he says or does, but grows outrageous, such a one is not fit to be made a friend or companion, for he will be ever and anon angry with us and that will be our trouble, and he will expect that we should, like him, be angry with others, and that will be our sin. 2. Good cause given for this caution: Lest thou learn his way. Those we go with we are apt to grow like. Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them that it is dangerous conversing with those that throw about the sparks of their passion. We shall thereby get a snare to our souls, for a disposition to anger is a great snare to any man, and an occasion of much sin. He does not say, "Lest thou have ill language given thee or get a broken head," but, which is must worse, "Lest thou imitate him, to humour him, and so contract an ill habit."