Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 understanding giveth grace; but the way of the faithless is harsh.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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 →