Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, || To turn aside from snares of death.
Literal Standard 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
13Whoever is despising the word is destroyed for it, || And whoever is fearing the command is repaid.
15Good understanding gives grace, || And the way of the treacherous [is] hard.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, || The snares of death have been before me.
Psalms 116:3Cords of death have surrounded me, || And straits of Sheol have found me, || I find distress and sorrow.
Proverbs 10:11A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 15:24A path of life [is] on high for the wise, || To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 16:17A highway of the upright [is] to turn from evil, || Whoever is preserving his soul is watching 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 →