Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Revised Version 1895
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 fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Cross References
Psalms 18:5The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on 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 keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
Isaiah 33:6And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: 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 →