Proverbs 14:27
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
26In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
28In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.
Cross References
Psalms 18:5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
Isaiah 33:6and he shall be the stability of thy times, the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah shall be your treasure.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:27-28
26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. In these two verses we are invited and encouraged to live in the fear of God by the advantages which attend a religious life. The fear of the Lord is here put for all gracious principles, producing gracious practices. 1. Where this reigns it produces a holy security and serenity of mind. There is in it a strong confidence; it enables a… Read the whole commentary →