Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 22:5

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

The wicked by their evil courses expose themselves to many dangers and occasions both of sin and mischief.

That taketh heed to himself, and to his actions, and to the saving of his Life and Soul.

Either 1. Will avoid the society of such froward persons. Or 2. Shall by that circumspection preserve himself from those thorns, &c. with which the Pronoun, them, agrees in number.