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I don't want to be a snare to anyone's soul.
Reading:

Proverbs 22:21-29

Verse twenty-four warns against developing friendships with those who have anger issues boiling within (and from) them. Here’s the reason given for not making such friendships:

“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul” (Proverbs 22:25).

Should people avoid friendship with me, lest they learn my ways?

Hmmm. I wonder what negative things I allow in my character. Bitterness? Suspiciousness? Anger? Self-pity? Moroseness? Defensiveness? Pride?

Yuck!

And I wonder what my character positives are.

Well, whatever the case, that verse has been a wake-up call to me this morning.

I want to be safe to be around!

I want to be safe to learn from!

When someone learns my ways, I don’t want it to be a snare to his soul.

[Answer the words of truth (Proverbs 22:21)]
from Proverbs 22:21

A little bit more from Proverbs 22: My Defender

Reading:
Proverbs 22:1-10

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished” (3).

When I came to that verse, I thought economics and finances. As the economy “readjusts” (or outright collapses), I should do what I can to reduce my debt load. (Put that way, it sure doesn’t have any ring of urgency to it!)

Then, as I read on, I processed some of the following verses through the filter of verse one: Hide from the coming evil!

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

“…The borrower is servant to the lender” (7).

“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity…” (8).

“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed” (9).

“Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease” (10).

[The borrower is servant to the lender (Proverbs 22:7)]
from Proverbs 22:7

A little bit more from Proverbs 22: Will. Not. Depart. From.