Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
Psalms 116:3dummy verses inserted by amos
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
Proverbs 16:17The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
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 →