Proverbs 13:14
The torat chacham (teaching of the wise) is a makor chayyim (fountain of life), 1 to turn one away from the snares of mavet. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
15Seichel tov giveth favor, 1 but the derech bogedim (way of traitors) is hard. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The chevlei Sheol (cords of Sheol) encompassed me; 1 the snares of mavet confronted me; 1
Psalms 116:3Chevlei mavet (pangs of death) encompassed me, 1 and the metzarei She'ol (confines, straitnesses of She'ol) have caught up with me and found me; 1 tzoros and yagon (sorrow) I found. 1
Proverbs 10:11The peh (mouth) of a tzaddik is a Makor Chayyim, 1 but chamas covereth the peh (mouth) of the resha'im. 1
Proverbs 15:24The Orach Chayyim leads upward to the wise, 1 in order that he may depart from Sheol beneath. 1
Proverbs 16:17The mesilat yesharim (highway of the upright) 1 is to depart from rah; 1 he that guards his derech is shomer over his nefesh (soul). 1
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 →