Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of the treacherous is rugged.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came upon me.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:24To the wise the way of life goeth upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth 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 →