Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
World Messianic 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
13Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves 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 →