Proverbs 14:26
For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
In Context
25A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
Cross References
Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.
Psalms 112:1Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
Psalms 115:13He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
Proverbs 3:25Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:
Proverbs 19:23The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:26
25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. See here, 1. How much praise is due to a faithful witness: He delivers the souls of the innocent, who are falsely accused, and their good names, which are as dear to them as their lives. A man of integrity will venture the displeasure of the greatest, to bring truth to light and rescue those who are injured by falsehood. A faithful minister, who truly witnesses for God against sin, is thereby instrumental to deliver souls from eternal… Read the whole commentary →