Proverbs 13:14
What wise people teach is like a fountain whose water gives life [MET]; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6I thought that I would die; it was as though death wrapped ropes around me; it was as though I was in a trap where I would surely die. [PRS, MET]
Psalms 116:3Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid.
Proverbs 10:11What righteous people say [MTY] is like a fountain that ◄gives life/enables people to live many years► [MET], but what wicked people say [MTY] hides the fact that they intend to act violently.
Proverbs 15:24Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are.
Proverbs 16:17Those whose behavior [MET] is good/right turn away from doing evil; those who guard their conduct [MTY] protect their lives.
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 →