The Meaning of Proverbs 22:25 Explained

Proverbs 22:25

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

YLT: Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

Darby: lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.

ASV: Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 22:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 22

1  A good name is more desirable than great wealth

What do the individual words in Proverbs 22:25 mean?

lest you learn - his ways and set a snare for your soul
פֶּן־ תֶּאֱלַ֥ף [ארחתו] (אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו) וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ מוֹקֵ֣שׁ לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ

פֶּן־  lest 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
תֶּאֱלַ֥ף  you  learn 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָלַף  
Sense: to learn.
[ארחתו]  - 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
(אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו)  his  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹרַח  
Sense: way, path.
וְלָקַחְתָּ֖  and  set 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מוֹקֵ֣שׁ  a  snare 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹוקֵשׁ  
Sense: bait, lure, snare.
לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ  for  your  soul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.

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