Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children.
Cross References
Psalms 18:5Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.
Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
Proverbs 22:5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.
Isaiah 33:6And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his 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 →