Proverbs 13:14
The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death encompassed me, and the pains of Sheol got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:24To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:14
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. Here is, 1. The character of one that is marked for ruin: He that despises the word of God, and has no regard to it, no veneration for it, nor will be ruled by it, certainly he shall be destroyed, for he slights that which is the only means of curing a destructive disease and makes himself obnoxious to that divine wrath which will certainly be his destruction. Those that prefer the rules of carnal policy before… Read the whole commentary →