Proverbs 13:14

תּוֹרַת חָכָם מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

In Context

13בָּז לְדָבָר יֵחָבֶל לוֹ וִירֵא מִצְוָה הוּא יְשֻׁלָּֽם ׃

15שֵֽׂכֶל ־ טוֹב יִתֶּן ־ חֵן וְדֶרֶךְ בֹּגְדִים אֵיתָֽן ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:6חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל סַבֻּנִי קִדְּמֻנִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃

Psalms 116:3אֲפָפוּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי ־ מָוֶת וּמְצָרֵי שְׁאוֹל מְצָאוּנִי צָרָה וְיָגוֹן אֶמְצָֽא ׃

Proverbs 10:11מְקוֹר חַיִּים פִּי צַדִּיק וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְכַסֶּה חָמָֽס ׃

Proverbs 15:24אֹרַח חַיִּים לְמַעְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּיל לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֹל מָֽטָּה ׃

Proverbs 16:17מְסִלַּת יְשָׁרִים סוּר מֵרָע שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ נֹצֵר דַּרְכּֽוֹ ׃

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 →

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