Proverbs 14:27
The feare of the Lord is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
26In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.
Cross References
Psalms 18:5The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.
Proverbs 13:14The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 22:5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
Isaiah 33:6And there shall be stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluation, wisdome and knowledge: for the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:27-28
26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. In these two verses we are invited and encouraged to live in the fear of God by the advantages which attend a religious life. The fear of the Lord is here put for all gracious principles, producing gracious practices. 1. Where this reigns it produces a holy security and serenity of mind. There is in it a strong confidence; it enables a… Read the whole commentary →