Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is like a fountain of life, so you can avoid the snares of death.
Free Bible 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 sense earns appreciation, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The grave wound its ropes around me; death set snares for me.
Psalms 116:3I was caught in the snares of death; I was trapped by terrors of the grave. All I experienced was suffering and grief.
Proverbs 10:11What good people say is a spring that gives life, but what the wicked say hides their violent nature.
Proverbs 15:24Life's path for the wise leads upwards, so that they can avoid the grave below.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the good leads away from evil. If you watch where you're going you'll save your life.
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 →