Proverbs 13:14
the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
15Sound discretion, yieldeth favour, but, the way of the treacherous, is rugged.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6the meshes of hades, had surrounded me,—the snares of death had confronted me,
Psalms 116:3The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;
Proverbs 10:11A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
Proverbs 15:24The way of life, is upwards to the prudent, that he may depart from hades beneath.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.
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 →