Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
King James Version
In Context
26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Cross References
Psalms 18:5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Isaiah 33:6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is 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 →